<span style="color: #222222;">The Enforcement Directorate today again questioned former Finance Minister P Chidambaram in the Aircel-Maxis money laundering case. Official sources said, Chidambaram's statement will be recorded under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA).</span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">The agency wants to put across a fresh set of questions to him regarding the deal. The agency had earlier recorded statements of now-defunct Foreign Investment Promotion Board officials, when the deal took off. Chidambaram's son Karti has also been questioned by the ED in this case twice.&nbsp;</span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">The agency had said that the FIPB approval in the Aircel-Maxis FDI case was granted in March 2006 by Chidambaram, even though he was competent to accord approval on project proposals only up to 600 crore rupees and beyond that it required the approval of the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs.&nbsp; </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">The ED has been investigating the circumstances of the FIPB approval granted by the then finance minister, Mr Chidambaram.</span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">The Supreme Court on 12th of March directed investigating agencies, the CBI and the ED to complete their probe into the 2G spectrum allocation cases, including the Aircel Maxis alleged money laundering case, in six months.</span>
News On AIR | August 24, 2018 8:47 PM
ED again questions P Chidambaram in Aircel-Maxis money laundering case