Former Finance Minister P Chidambaram on Saturday though not naming the case but referring to the CBI probe into the FIPB approval given to INX Media for allegedly receiving funds questioned the government. He asked that if the 2007 clearance given to a media house for receiving foreign funds was wrong, then why the 6 secretaries of the Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB) were not named in the case.
The Central probe agency had registered an Enforcement Case Information Report (ECIR) against P Chidambaram and his son Karti Chidambaram under the provision of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), equivalent to the ED’s FIR. ED had provided the information about the alleged illegal payments made by INX media, based on which the CBI had filed its FIR. After which, CBI carried out searches and raids at the homes and offices of Karti across four cities for allegedly receiving money from the media firm owned by the Mukerjeas to settle tax probe amicably.
He said that “If FIPB approval in a particular case was wrong, why does the CBI not name the six secretaries as accused? Is it because the six secretaries were persons of unimpeachable integrity.”
If FIPB approval in a particular case was wrong, why does CBI not name the six secretaries as accused?
— P. Chidambaram (@PChidambaram_IN) August 5, 2017
Is it because the six secretaries were persons of unimpeachable integrity?
— P. Chidambaram (@PChidambaram_IN) August 5, 2017