The Delhi Special Court has allowed the CBI to remand Karthi Chidambaram’s auditor Bhaskar Ramana in custody for four days.
Delhi, First Published May 19, 2022, 4:48 PM IST
The Delhi Special Court has allowed the CBI to remand Karthi Chidambaram’s auditor Bhaskar Ramana in custody for four days. When P. Chidambaram was the Union Home Minister, steps were taken to bring 263 Chinese to India through Bhaskar Raman, an auditor in Chennai. Auditor Bhaskar Raman was the auditor of Karthi Chidambaram, the son of the then Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram. Thus, Karthi Chidambaram, the quality auditor, sought the help of 263 Chinese to obtain Indian visas. With the help of Karthi Chidambaram, the Union Home Ministry officials were put under pressure to revise the visa issuance procedure for Chinese and make concessions. Under the concession, 263 Chinese were granted unrestricted visas to stay and work in India. The private company in Mansa had deposited Rs 50 lakh in a single installment in the bank account of Bell Tools Limited in Mumbai. The money was then allegedly transferred to Karthi Chidambaram’s company. Meanwhile, the CBI raided the house, offices and businesses owned by former Union Minister P. Chidambaram and his son Karthi Chidambaram in a case involving INX Media receiving Rs 305 crore illegally from abroad.
It was then that the CBI came across documents proving that 263 Chinese had been illegally bribed to pay Rs 50 lakh for visas to stay and work in India. According to the documents, CBI officials conducted a full investigation. In it, it was revealed that during the period 2010-2014, the Union Home Ministry had given permission to issue Indian visas to 263 Chinese in violation of Indian Foreign Ministry rules. The CBI also confirmed the direct involvement of Karthi Chidambaram, the son of the then Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram. Following this, S. Baskarraman, auditor of Karthi Chidambaram from Chennai, was first convicted of illegally issuing visas to Chinese by the Delhi CBI, followed by Sivagangai MP Karthi Chidambaram and Vikas Maharia, a representative of a private company that had set up a thermal power plant in Punjab. , Bell Tools Ltd., Mumbai, Maharashtra, has filed a case against unknown government employees and agents for allegedly transferring Rs 50 lakh. Later, CBI officials conducted simultaneous raids by 14 CBI officers from Delhi at three locations, including the house on Hodos Road in Nungambakkam, Chennai, where former Union Minister P. Chidambaram and his son Karthi Chidambaram live, and the office run by Karthi Chidambaram in Nungambakkam.
Similarly, a house in Delhi Lodhi Estate area owned by P. Chidambaram and his son Karthi Chidambaram, companies in Mumbai, a company in Koppal area of Karnataka, a company in Jorsuguda area of Odisha state and a company in Punjab Mansa were raided in 10 places. During the raid, key documents were allegedly seized from the Chinese for allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs 50 lakh. In addition, all the Rs 50 lakh was invested through Karthi Chidambaram’s support company in Mumbai and the documents were found to have received the money through it. According to documents seized at the end of the raid, CBI officials arrested Bhaskar Ramana, the auditor of Karthi Chidambaram, who was included as the first accused in the case, at his home in Chennai around midnight. Karthi Chidambaram’s auditor Bhaskar Raman was later produced in the CBI court in Chennai. The Delhi Special Court has allowed the CBI to remand Karthi Chidambaram’s auditor Bhaskar Ramana in custody for four days.
Last Updated May 19, 2022, 4:48 PM IST
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