Ex Finance Minister in an offer to the Supreme Court on Thursday said that he was willing to remain in the custody of CBI in INX Media money Laundering Case till Monday. In a very unexplained move Chidambaram shared this on to the Supreme Court of India
In an unprecedented offer to the Supreme Court on Thursday, former Finance Minister P Chidambaram said he was willing to remain in custody of the Central Bureau of Investigation or CBI till Monday in the INX Media corruption case. Dramatically arrested from his home last week, Mr Chidambaram is in CBI custody till today and will be produced before a trial court when it expires. If CBI turns down his custody request then he may be sent to Tihar Jail.
The bail plea would be heard on September 2 or Monday, the court said that the decision would be taken on September 5th, this is the anticipatory bail of P. Chadambaram which was applied and rejected on August 20. His lawyers Kapil Sibal and Abhishek Manu Singhvi told the court that since remand order are for September 2, Mr. Chadambaram is offering to remain in CBI Custody till then. His lawyers are also pleading that Chidambaram has declared all his properties, bank accounts publicly so there is nothing to hide.