City
Epaper

ED summons former personal secretary of P Chidambaram

By ANI | Published: September 16, 2019 4:38 PM

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Monday summoned former finance minister P Chidambaram's personal secretary K V K Perumal to appear before it on September 18 for questioning.

Open in App

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Monday summoned former finance minister P Chidambaram's personal secretary K V K Perumal to appear before it on September 18 for questioning.

ED deputy director Msh Gupta and R S Thapilial will examine him. They have sought the property details of his family members, photocopies of visas, passports and countries travelled since 2004.

The agency has also sought answers to 40 questions from him. Notably, Perumal had evaded questions during the last two times when he was interrogated by the agency.

Chidambaram is facing probe in cases registered by both the CBI and the ED pertaining to alleged irregularities in the Foreign Investment Promotion Board clearance (FIPB) given to INX Media to the tune of Rs 305 crore in 2007 when he was the union finance minister.

Counsel representing Chidambaram in the Supreme Court had earlier said that the FIPB clearance to INX Media was approved by six Secretaries to the government and that his client, being a minister, had merely signed the documen

Iin a tweet, Chidambaram had earlier said the no official should be arrested in the case as "no officer has done anything wrong".

The 74-year-old leader was arrested by the CBI on August 21 and sent to its custody for interrogation. Last week, a CBI court sent Chidambaram to judicial custody in Tihar Jail till September 19.

( With inputs from ANI )

Tags: ChidambaramcbiPerumalEnforcement Directorate
Open in App

Related Stories

NationalCongress President Mallikarjun Kharge’s Son-in-Law Radhakrishna Named in Rs 800 Crore Scam

NationalED Arrests Jharkhand Minister Alamgir Alam’s Personal Secretary Sanjiv Lal After Rs 35 Crore Cash Recovery

PoliticsExcise Policy Case: Delhi HC Allows AAP's Manish Sisodia to Meet His Ailing Wife Once A Week

PoliticsHemant Soren Case: Jharkhand High Court Rejects Former CM's Petition Challenging ED Arrest

NationalManish Sisodia Moves Delhi HC Seeking Bail in Excise Policy Case

National Realted Stories

NationalKerala Accident: Three Killed in Ambulance-Car Collision in Kasaragod, Visuals Surface

NationalMinor kidnapped, gang-raped by seven in Lucknow

NationalKarnataka registers 54.20 per cent turnout, Chikkodi tops with 59.65 per cent voting

National47.03 pc voter turnout in Gujarat: Valsad leads with 58.05 pc, Porbandar lowest at 37.96 pc

NationalLitmus test for BJP’s first candidate on party symbol since 1996 from Patiala