Chinese Visa Case: Karti Chidambaram Appears Before CBI for 2nd Day

GG News Bureau

New Delhi, 27^th May. Congress MP Karti Chidambaram appeared before the Central Bureau of Investigation on Friday for the second day to answer questions related to allegations of bribery in issuance of visas to 263 Chinese workers in 2011 when his father P Chidambaram was the Home Minister.

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has booked Karti Chidambaram and several others in an FIR related to allegations of Rs 50 lakh being paid as bribe to Karti Chidambaram and his close associate S Bhaskararaman by a top executive of Vedanta group company Talwandi Sabo Power Ltd. (TSPL), which was setting up a power plant in Punjab for re-issuance of project visas to 263 Chinese workers employed there, the CBI FIR said.

The CBI has already arrested S Bhaskararaman in connection with the aforesaid case.

The FIR has specified that the work for setting up the power project was being executed by a Chinese company and was running behind schedule.

A Talwandi Sabo Power Ltd. (TSPL)executive had sought re-issuance of project visas for the Chinese workers for which Rs 50 lakh allegedly exchanged hands, according to the FIR.

Congress MP Karti Chidambaram has denied all allegations, calling the case most bogus and a result of political vendetta.