Chennai, Aug 21 (UNI) The arrest of former Union Minister P Chidambaram in the INX media case was a political vendetta, his son and Lok Sabha MP Karti Chidambaram said late on Wednesday night. Talking to reporters here, he said the arrest by CBI was nothing but a political vendetta.”It is to satisfy the voyeuristic pleasure of some”, he added.
Asserting that there was no chargesheet against his father in the case filed in 2008 and his name did not figure in the FIR, he said “I (his house and premises) have been raided four times. He said he had appeared for over 20 summons. Each session for a minimum of 10 to 12 hours. Been a “guest” of the CBI for 12 days,” he added.
“This means there is no case,” he asserted. Karti, elected from his father’s Sivaganga LS seat, said the arrest of his father was to divert other issues conforonting the country.He also said that the senior leader did not abscond and said he was busy finalising the legal documents to be produced before the Supreme Court.
