New Delhi: The Special CBI Court at Rouse Avenue Court Complex on Thursday sent former Union Minister P Chidambaram to judicial custody till September 19 in the INX Media case.
Congress leader and former Finance Minister Chidambaram, 74, has been sent to in Tihar Jail here soon after Special Court Judge Ajay Kumar Kuhar pronounced the order.
The court however allowed Chidambaram’s application for medicines and a western toilet in jail along with Z security and separate cell with a cot and a bathroom.
Senior Advocates Kapil Sibal and Dayan Krishnan appeared for Chidambaram, while Solicitor General Tushar Mehta appeared for the CBI.
During the hearing, the CBI demanded that P Chidambaram be sent to judicial custody.
Earlier in the day, the Supreme Court refused to grant protection to Chidambaram over corruption allegations in the INX Media case, saying that the investigating agency, Enforcement Directorate, has to be given sufficient freedom to conduct its probe, and the grant of anticipatory bail at this stage would hamper investigation.
Chidambaram was arrested by the CBI in connection with the INX Media case on August 21, a day after the Delhi High Court denied his anticipatory bail plea. Both the CBI and the Enforcement Directorate (ED) had sought his arrest in the case.
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