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Raids explained: INX Media nod puts Karti Chidambaram in trouble with CBI

CBI's special teams conducted searches on premises of accused in Delhi, Mumbai, Hyderabad, Chennai

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Karti Chidambaram speaks to media about the CBI raids at his Nungambakkam residence in Chennai on Tuesday. Photo: PTI

The Wire Staff New Delhi
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), on Monday, registered a case against Karti P Chidambaram, son of former finance minister 

P Chidambaram, for allegedly interfering and influencing the manner in which the Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB) treated INX Media Pvt Ltd — a company whose directors were Indrani Mukherjea and Pritam 'Peter' Mukherjea.

The FIR (first information report) that was registered also fingers the Mukherjea couple, a company called Advantage Strategic Consulting (represented through its director Padma Viswanathan) and “unknown officers/officials of ministry of finance, Government of India”.

In the early hours of Tuesday, the CBI’s special teams conducted

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