Congress questions dependability of Indrani Mukherjee's testimony against Chidambaram

The Congress party today slammed the BJP-led Centre for the arrest former finance minister P Chidambaram, saying that the govt is is trying to divert the attention from economic issues.

Addressing a press conference, Congress spokesperson Randeep Surjewala said that issue dated back to 2007 and the arrest happened in 2019 - after six years of Modi govt, despite there being no evidence against Chidambaram.

He also questioned Indrani Mukherjee's confession on the basis of which CBI has arrested Chidambaram.


"A seasoned man with 40 years of dedication to public life has been arrested on the statement of a jailed woman who is being charged of murdering her own daughter," Surjewala said.

He further said that while many accused in the INX Media case have not been arrested, a senior politician has been arrested without any legal basis.

The government is hell bent upon using CBI and ED as personal personal revenge seeking departments, Surjewala earlier said.

"India witnessed broad daylight murder of democracy as also rule of law in last two days," he added.

Chidambaram, who spent the night in a CBI guest house will be questioned in the alleged corruption in Rs 305 crore clearance given to INX media when he was the Union finance minister..

The firm once promoted by Peter and Indrani Mukerjea, both in jail for murdering the latter's daughter Sheena Bora, had allegedly made payments to a firm linked to the former finance minister's son Karti Chidambaram, the CBI has said in the FIR.

Chidambaram has strongly denied the allegations, saying the payments were for consultancy and his son was in no way associated with that company.