P Chidambaram arrested in INX Media case: Here's how the story unfolded

A timeline tracking the developments in the INX Media case that led up to the Delhi HC denying former finance minister P Chidambaram's anticipatory bail and making him stare at an impending arrest

Former finance minister and senior Congress leader P Chidambaram was arrested by CBI in the INX Media case on August 21. Chidambaram’s son, Karti, allegedly used his father’s influence as a Union minister in the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance government in 2007 to influence approval for a Rs 305-crore foreign investment in INX Media.

The Central Bureau of Investigation has accused Chidambaram, Karti, INX Media, and unknown officials of the finance ministry in the case. INX Media was once owned by Indrani and Peter Mukerjea, the couple now in jail in an unrelated murder case.

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