Troubles mounted for former Union minister P Chidambaram on Tuesday after the Delhi High Court refused to give him protection from arrest in INX Media case. The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and the Enforcement Directorate (ED) made rounds of his New Delhi residence to "question" Chidambaram in connection with the case.
The INX Media case relates to investment of foreign funds in the company to the tune of Rs 305 crore in 2007. This investment was done in violation of the conditions set by the foreign investment promotion board (FIPB).
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Chidambaram has sought and secured protection from arrest in the case on earlier occasions but on Tuesday, the Delhi High Court made some stinging observations about his role in the case. The high court used words like "kingpin" and "key conspirator" for Chidambaram while rejecting his plea.
Back then, Amit Shah -- the then Gujarat minister and current Union home minister -- was being investigated in the Sohrabuddin Sheikh encounter case. Sohrabuddin was a wanted criminal with around 60 pending cases when he was allegedly killed in police custody in 2005, when Amit Shah was the Gujarat home minister.