Opposition leaders, including those from the Congress, came out in support of former Union minister P Chidambaram on Thursday, claiming the manner in which he was treated was depressing and insulting, and termed his arrest the "murder" of democracy.
On Wednesday, Chidambaram was arrested by a CBI team in the INX Media case. The Congress lashed out at the government and accused it of using the CBI and ED as a personal "revenge-seeking departments".
Party chief spokesperson Randeep Surjewala said at a press conference, "The vindictive, selective and malicious manner in which former finance and home minister Chidambaram has been persecuted and prosecuted is nothing short of a brazen personal and political vendetta."
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