Through PTI
NEW DELHI: Congress MP Karti Chidambaram reached the CBI headquarters on Thursday to enroll in the investigation into an alleged rip-off concerning the issuance of visas to 263 Chinese language nationals in 2011 when his father P Chidambaram was once the house minister, officers stated.
A different court docket had ordered him to enroll in the CBI investigation inside 16 hours of his arrival from the United Kingdom and Europe, the place he had long gone with the permission of the Superb Court docket and the particular court docket itself.
The MP returned from his shuttle on Wednesday. He arrived on the CBI place of work on Thursday morning to reply to questions associated with the case.
Talking to journalists out of doors the CBI headquarters, Karti stated the case towards him was once “bogus”, and claimed that he had now not facilitated the issuance of visa to any Chinese language nationwide.
The case relates to allegations of Rs 50 lakh being paid as bribe to Karti and his shut affiliate S Bhaskararaman by means of a best government of Vedanta crew corporate Talwandi Sabo Energy Ltd.
(TSPL), which was once putting in place an influence plant in Punjab, for re-issuance of venture visas for 263 Chinese language employees hired there, the CBI FIR stated. The company has already taken Bhaskararaman in custody in reference to the case.
In line with the CBI, the paintings for putting in place the facility venture was once being accomplished by means of a Chinese language corporate and was once working at the back of time table.
A TSPL government had sought re-issuance of the venture visas for 263 Chinese language employees for which Rs 50 lakh allegedly exchanged arms, in line with the CBI FIR.
Karti Chidambaram has denied all allegations, announcing “if this isn’t harassment, now not a witch hunt, then what’s.”