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New Delhi, June 8: Delhi High Court has reserved an order on the anticipatory bail plea of Congress' Karti Chidambaram in a money laundering case connected with an alleged Chinese visa scam.
On Wednesday, Justice Poonam A Bamba reserved the order after hearing Senior Advocate Kapil Sibal representing Chidambaram, whereas ASG SV Raju appeared for Enforcement Directorate.
Earlier on June 6, the Delhi High Court deferred the hearing on Karti Chidambaram's anticipatory bail to Wednesday on the joint request of the Enforcement Directorate (ED) and Karti.
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The Court denied the bail plea because Karti Chidambaram and S. Bhaskararaman had previously been involved in the INX Media and Aircel Maxis cases.
The court also sided with the Additional Solicitor General's (ASG) argument that the probe is in its early stages and that the suspected laundered amount could be worth more than 50 lakhs.
The Special Judge had observed: "This court is of the considered opinion that even while keeping aside the issue of applicability of bar and twin condition of Section 45 of PMLA, the nature and gravity of the alleged offences, the nascent stage of investigation and also previous criminal antecedents of accused Kati Chidambaram and S. Bhaskar Raman do not make it out a case for grant of anticipatory bail to applicants or any further protection for them to join the investigation of this case as it will seriously hamper the process and investigation."
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Congress MP Chidambaram has moved a petition seeking anticipatory bail in the money laundering case connected with the alleged Chinese visa scam.
Last Friday, CBI judge M K Nagpal of the Rouse Avenue Court dismissed all three pleas filed by Karti Chidambaram, S. Bhaskararaman, and Vikas Makharia.
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