INX Media case: Chidambaram sent to Tihar in judicial custody till Sep 19

Special CBI court allows Chidambaram separate jail cell, adequate security, medicine, and other needed amenities

A special Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) court on Thursday sent former finance minister P Chidambaram to Tihar jail in judicial custody till September 19 in a case related to alleged discrepancies in Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB) approvals for INX Media.
 
 After hearing both the parties for nearly an hour, Special CBI Judge Ajay Kumar Kuhar directed that the copy of the order and the application be immediately sent to the superintendent of Tihar jail.
 
Following the order, Chidambaram moved an application seeking that he be allowed to take with himself his prescribed medicines and his spectacles.