A Delhi court on Wednesday sent former finance minister PChidambaram to judicial custody till November 13 in the INX Media moneylaundering case. Special judge Ajay Kumar Kuhar dismissed the plea of theEnforcement Directorate for one day custodial interrogation of Chidambaram. Thecourt directed Tihar authorities to provide Chidambaram with medicines, westerntoilet, security and separate cell.It also said the senior Congress leader maybe allowed to have home-cooked food considering his medical condition.Chidambaram was arrested by the CBI on August 21 in the INX Media corruptioncase and is currently in the ED custody in a related money laundering matter.
The CBI had registered an FIR on May 15, 2017 allegingirregularities in a Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB) clearance grantedto the INX Media group for receiving overseas funds of Rs 305 crore in 2007,during Chidambaram's tenure as finance minister.
Thereafter, the ED lodged a money-laundering case in thisregard in 2017. The ED had taken him in to custody on October 16 this year.
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