Bribes for visas case: Truth shall prevail, says Karti Chidambaram ahead of CBI date
India Today
Congress MP Karti Chidambaram is likely to appear before the CBI on Wednesday to join investigation into the bribes for visas scam. Before his return to India, he tweeted “truth shall prevail”.
Congress MP Karti Chidambaram is likely to appear before the CBI on Wednesday to join investigation into an alleged scam pertaining to issuance of visa to 263 Chinese nationals in 2011 when his father P Chidambaram was the home minister, officials said.
Karti, who has gone on a trip to the UK and Europe with the permission of the Supreme Court and a special CBI court, is scheduled to return on Tuesday.
Heading back home. Will fight the malicious, patently false accusations. The truth shall prevail. pic.twitter.com/HPY7PSEUUD
According to the special CBI court's order, he has to join the CBI investigation within 16 hours of his return.
The case pertains to allegations of Rs 50 lakh being paid as bribe to Karti and his close associate S Bhaskararaman by a top executive of Vedanta group company Talwandi Sabo Power Ltd. (TSPL), which was setting a power plant in Punjab, the CBI FIR said.
