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Chennai (Tamil Nadu), July 9: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) conducted searches at Congress leader Karti Chidambaram's residence in Chennai in connection with the Chinese Visa scam case, sources said on Saturday.
"The searches were done in connection with an alleged Chinese visa scam, as part of a search that remained incomplete earlier as a few biometric lockers could not be searched," CBI sources informed.
On June 24, the Delhi High Court adjourned the hearing on Congress leader Karti Chidambaram's plea for anticipatory bail until July 12. Karti had filed a petition seeking anticipatory bail in a money laundering case connected with the Chinese visa case.
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Karti Chidambaram is accused of receiving Rs 50 lakh in order to illegally facilitate visas for 263 Chinese nationals to complete a power project in Punjab.
P Chidambaram, a top Congress leader and Karti's father, served as home minister in 2011, however, he is not listed as a suspect in the FIR.
Along with the MP, the CBI has also detained Karti Chidambaram's chartered accountant S. Bhaskararaman, Vikas Makharia, representative of Talwandi Sabo Power Ltd, a Mansa-based private company, and Bell Tools, Mumbai along with 'unknown public servants and private individuals.
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