New delhi sources stated that a delhi court on Thursday granted anticipatory bail to former finance minister P chidambaram and his son Karti in Aircel Maxis cases filed by the CBI and the Enforcement Directorate. Meanwhile special Judge O P Saini granted relief to the Chidambarams and directed them to join the probe in the cases. The court said "In event of arrest, they be released on a personal bond of Rs 1 lakh and one surety of like amount. The accused are directed to join the investigation”.
Furthermore it also said that the probe in the Aircel-Maxis cases have been highly belated by both the agencies as almost entire material was in their possession since beginning. Reportedly the conduct of the agencies to seek date after date on pretext of further probe speaks for itself and needs no elaboration.
Apparently "No possibility for the Chidambarams to commit similar crime as they don't hold official position in government now," said the court, adding that the allegations of the agencies against the Chidambarams were not of grave magnitude as money laundered was only Rs 1.13 crore. The court said "The allegations against accused are also not of grave magnitude as money laundered is only Rs 1.13 crore, which is paltry amount in comparison to allegations against Dayanidhi Maran and others, where the bribe amount was Rs 749 crore but he was not arrested”.
