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ED permitted custodial interrogation of Indrani Mukerjea
August 16, 2017
A special court on Wednesday permitted the Enforcement Directorate for
custodial interrogation of Indrani Mukerjea in connection with the INX
media case.
The Delhi Court issued production warrant against Indrani seeking her presence before the court on September 9th.
Earlier
in May, an FIR was lodged against former Union minister P.
Chidambaram's son Karti, Indrani Mukerjea, unknown officers of FIPB Unit
of Ministry of Finance and others over alleged financial
misappropriation over Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB)
clearance to Peter Mukerjea and Indrani's media company INX Media in
2008.
INX Media operated channels like NewsX, 9X and 9X Music.
The
charges include criminal conspiracy, cheating, taking gratification in
order by corrupt or illegal means to influence public servant and
criminal misconduct.
The case was registered under section 120-B
r/w, section 420, section 8 and section 13(2) r/w and 13 (1) (d) of
Indian Penal Code (IPC).
It is alleged that while the clearance
was only for Rs. 4 crore, the actual foreign investment was much higher,
and this was allowed because Karti allegedly facilitated the deal. The
CBI is also investigating a money trail and the bribe allegedly given to
Karti.
According to reports, in 2008, Karti's Advantage
Strategic Consulting Private Limited (ASCPL) allegedly received Rs 35
Lakhs from INX Media, on the same day another Rs 60 lakh was allegedly
paid from INX Media to Northstar Software Solutions Pvt Ltd. On
September 24, 2008, another tranche of 20,000 Dollars were allegedly
paid to ASCPL's Singapore subsidiary by INX Media.
The involvement of P. Chidambaram is also being investigated since he was a Union Minister then.
Indrani, accused in her daughter Sheena Bora's murder case, is currently lodged in the Byculla prison
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