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Updated August 5th, 2022 at 11:04 IST

Chinese Visa Scam: ED raids 6 locations in Chennai in case linked to Karti Chidambaram

ED is conducting searches at six places in Chennai in connection to the Chinese Visa Scam case, in which Congress leader Karti Chidambaram is also an accused.

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The Enforcement Directorate is conducting searches at six places in Chennai in connection to the Chinese Visa Scam case, in which Congress leader Karti Chidambaram is also an accused. However, no fresh raids were carried out at Karti's premises, confirmed sources.

ED has registered the money laundering case against Karti and others in the alleged scam about the issuance of a visa to 263 Chinese nationals in 2011 when his father P Chidambaram was the Union home minister.

ED has said that the actual magnitude or volume of the processed or laundered money in the case was yet to be established during the investigation and the bribe amount of Rs 50 lakh in the CBT case cannot be taken or considered as the basis of the present case.

The agency has registered its case under the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) taking cognizance of a recent first information report by the CBI in the same case.

ED opposes Karti's anticipatory bail plea

When the case was heard by the court during a vacation in June, the ED had opposed the anticipatory bail plea, saying Karti cannot file the application on a figment of imagination that does not show any genuine apprehension of his arrest. The ED had said the application is premature as the investigation has not yet begun in the matter and even Karti has not been summoned yet. 

Karti had approached the High Court after his anticipatory bail plea and that of two others was dismissed by the trial court on June 3 on the ground that the offence was of a very serious nature.

The Delhi High Court has listed for hearing on August 18 the anticipatory bail plea by Congress MP Karti P Chidambaram in the alleged Chinese Visas scam being probed by Enforcement Directorate.

(With inputs from agency)

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Published August 5th, 2022 at 11:04 IST

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