New Delhi, Jun 4 (UNI) Congress MP Karti P Chidambaram on Saturday filed an anticipatory bail application before Delhi High Court in connection of Chinese visas scam case registered under the provisions of Prevention of Money Laundering Act.
After dismissal of anticipatory bail by the trial court, Karti and others challenged the order before the Delhi High Court.
The trial court dismissed the anticipatory bail application of the accused by saying that the offence was of a very serious nature and directed them to join the probe, as and when called upon by the Investigating Officer (IO).
The trial court said that the previous criminal antecedents of K Chidambaram and S Bhaskararaman do not make a case for grant of anticipatory bail because it would seriously hamper the process and progress of the investigation at this nascent stage.
The Counsel for Enforcement Directorate (ED) had alleged before the trial court that Bhaskararaman was also involved in transactions of those cases for payment of bribe to Karti, for influencing his father for granting those approvals.
The ED had registered the money laundering case against Karti and others in the alleged scam pertaining to the issuance of visas to 263 Chinese nationals in 2011, when his father P Chidambaram was the Home Minister.
