Senior Congress leader P Chidambaran today said the CBI should question him instead of harassing his son Karti in the Aircel-Maxis case. In a series of tweets, Mr Chidambaram accused the probe agency of spreading misinformation. <br/><br/>He said in Aircel-Maxis, he had approved minuted after the recommendation by the FIPB. He said, FIPB officials have recorded statements before CBI that approval was valid. The CBI had called Karti for questioning yesterday in connection with the foreign investment clearance given in the Aircel-Maxis deal in 2006 when his father Mr Chidambaram was the finance minister.

Former Finance Minister P Chidambaram has said in a series of tweets that the CBI should be questioning him instead of harassing his son Karti in the Aircel-Maxis case. He accused the probe agency of spreading misinformation. <br/>'<br/>The Central Bureau of Investigation had called Karti for questioning yesterday in connection with the foreign investment clearance given in the Aircel-Maxis deal in 2006, when Chidambaram was the Finance Minister.<br/>'<br/>Karti refused to appear, saying a special court had discharged all the accused and terminated proceedings in the matter, a claim strongly contradicted by the CBI which maintains that the investigation was still on.<br/>'<br/>According to a CBI charge-sheet, Chidambaram as the then Finance Minister, approved the deal, while the Cabinet was required to do so. Chidambaram, who was examined by the agency in connection with the case in 2014, had issued a statement this year, saying the approval was granted in the normal course of business.