<span style="color: #222222;">A Delhi court today granted anticipatory bail to former Finance Minister P Chidambaram and his son Karti Chidambaram in Aircel Maxis cases filed by the CBI and the Enforcement Directorate.<br />''<br />''Special Judge O P Saini granted relief to the father-son duo and also directed them to join the probe in the cases.<br />''<br />''In event of arrest, they will be released on a personal bond of one lakh rupees and one surety of like amount.<br />''<br />''The court said that both the probe agencies, instead of arguing the matter, were seeking date after date since the filing of the complaint on the pretext of further investigation.<br />''<br />''It also said that the probe in the Aircel-Maxis cases has been highly belated by both the agencies as almost entire material was in their possession since the beginning.<br />''<br />''It said, the conduct of the agencies to seek date after date on the pretext of further probe speaks for itself and needs no elaboration.<br />''<br />''The Court added that the allegations of the agencies against the Chidambarams were not of grave magnitude as money laundered was only 1.13 crore rupees.<br />''<br />''They are under the scanner of investigating agencies in the Aircel-Maxis deal as also the INX Media case.</span>
News On AIR | September 5, 2019 9:13 PM
Chidambaram, Karti get interim bail in Aircel-Maxis case