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INX Media case: CBI arrests former FM Chidambaram amid high drama

At his press conference, Chidambaram said neither he nor any member of his family had been accused of any offence in the INX Media case

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P Chidambaram being arrested by the CBI officials from his Jorbagh residence in New Delhi

Aashish AryanShrimi ChoudharyArchis Mohan New Delhi
A day of courtroom drama and claims by probe agencies that he was evading arrest culminated with former finance minister P Chidambaram dramatically surfacing at the Congress headquarters to address the media on Wednesday evening, and his arrest little more than an hour later at 9.45 pm from his south Delhi home.

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) will produce the senior Congress leader before a CBI special court within 24 hours, likely by Thursday afternoon, and the agency is set to seek his 14-day custody. Sources said he would be questioned on Wednesday night as well. After the CBI,

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