Maria, who investigated some high-profile cases like the 1993 Mumbai serial blasts and also headed probe in the26/11 Mumbai terror attack, made the revelation in his memoir 'Let Me Say It Now'
The chargesheet against Chidambaram in INX Media case is akin to producing a dead rat. It trivialises the case and raises questions about the credibility of the accusations.
The court’s order came after ED’s request for custodial interrogation of Chidambaram who has been lodged in Tihar jail since September 5 in INX media case.
Chidambaram was arrested on August 21 by the CBI in the INX Media corruption and money laundering case. Indrani Mukerjea and her husband Peter Mukerjea are former promoters of the INX Media Group.
The case received a fresh twist after jailed Indrani Mukherjee turned approver in the INX Media case and gave testimony against Chidambaram, which largely forms the basis of the CBI case against the former 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.
INX wasn’t a lone wolf op. In the media business, politicians and dubious funds often get into the act, even crossing the lines drawn by the law of the land.
