NEW DELHI: A Special Court on Friday directed Congress MP Karti Chidambaram to join the investigation when he returns to India, in an alleged visa scam case, while hearing an anticipatory bail by him.
The Special Judge M K Nagpal on Friday noted that Karti Chidambaram is presently abroad and will return on May 24. The court then directed that the applicant shall join the investigation within 16 hours of his arrival back in the country.
Appearing for the CBI, Senior Public Prosecutor Nikhil Goel assures the court that the agency will serve a notice in advance, at least 48 hours before, if he needs to be arrested. On that, the court directed that in case the CBI is required to arrest the accused, he should be served an advance notice of at least three working days.
Senior advocate Kapil Sibal, appearing for Karti, submitted before the court that illegality prima facie was not established. There was nothing to show that Karti is involved in the matter, he said.
The anticipatory bail plea, filed through advocates Arshdeep Singh Khurana, Akshat Gupta, Harsh Mittal and Harsh Srivastava, stated that nothing incriminating was found and no incriminating material was seized during the CBI search proceedings. No cash or any other undisclosed income was recovered. No documents in relation to any undisclosed property or assets were recovered or seized.
Karti Chidambaram, a Congress member of Parliament, on Friday moved a pre-arrest bail in a Delhi Court in an alleged visa scam case. On Thursday, the CBI got four days remand of S Bhaskar Raman, his chartered accountant.(ANI)