11 officers cleared INX file, but agencies mum: Congress

New Delhi: The Congress on Friday accused agencies investigating the case against former finance minister P Chidambaram of “deliberately suppressing” the fact that the INX Media file was cleared and signed by 11 senior officers of the central government without raising any objection before then finance minister signed it.

Questioning how Chidambaram could be arrested and jailed as the agencies found nothing wrong in the 11 officers approving the same proposal, Congress spokesperson Jairam Ramesh said such an attitude will lead to a situation where no minister will sign any file in future.

“There has been a sustained campaign of vilification and character assassination of P Chidambaram in the INX-Media case. But one factor in the case that has not been highlighted, or rather suppressed, by the investigating agencies, is the fact that INX-Media case was part of a set of 24 proposals put up for approval to then FM and in that file there were 11 signatures, including that of six officers off FIPB,” he said.


“Each of these officers or, some, we understand have been spoken to by the investigation agencies. There has been no case made out against the officers, as nothing illegal or wrong was found. If these officers are exonerated, how can the 12^th signatory become the kingpin? The real kingpins are in government...,” he alleged.