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CBI Opens Fresh Money Laundering Case Against Karti Chidambaram, Conducts Raids
- The CBI conducted raids at Karti Chidabaram's offices and residences at multiple locations.
P Chidambaram (right) with his son Karti Chidambaram.
Karti Chidambaram, son of senior Congress leader and former finance minister, P Chidambaram has been booked by the CBI for soliciting bribes in exchange for visas for 250 Chinese nationals.
The CBI conducted raids at his offices and residences at multiple locations on Tuesday (5 May). As per reports, the investigative agency conducted raids across nine locations in Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Odisha, Punjab and Karnataka. It is alleged that Karti Chidambaram took a bribe of Rs 50 lakh to facilitate visas for Chinese nationals who were working on a power project in Punjab, between 2010-2014.
The CBI searched his Lodhi Estate residence this morning and took some documents. The father-son duo is also under the scanner of investigating agencies in the Aircel-Maxis case.
