Chidambaram meets his son Karti and Congress leaders in Tihar jail
New Delhi: Congress leaders Ghulam Nabi Azad and Ahmed Patel visited former Finance Minister P Chidambaram, incarcerated in Tihar jail in connection with INX media corruption case.
The two Congress leaders were accompanied by Chidambaram's son Karti Chidambaram, also a Congress MP. Earlier, Congress leaders were not allowed to meet Chidambaram.
The visit lasted for half an hour, during which the trio reportedly discussed political developments, upcoming elections, economic situation and Kashmir.
The jail authorities confirmed the meeting and said it was a regular one.
Chidambaram and his son were named in the INX media case by its co-founders Peter Mukerjea and his estranged wife Indrani Mukerjea, who are lodged in a Mumbai jail on the charges of murdering Indrani's daughter Sheena Bora.
The veteran Congress leader was sent to Tihar jail on September 5 on the charges of facilitating the flow of a huge sum of overseas money to INX media in 2007, when he was the Finance Minister. Allegedly, Karti Chidambaram received huge kickbacks as the facilitator of the process.
On Monday, the former Union minister celebrated 74th birthday from jail. “I have asked my family to tweet on my behalf the following: My family have brought me greetings from friends, party colleagues and well-wishers. I am reminded that I am 74 years old. Indeed I am, but at heart, I feel 74 years young,” Chidambaram’s Twitter handle read.
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