INX Media case: CBI explains charges to Court; all 14 accused summoned

CBI officials privy to investigation in INX media case, in which former finance minister P Chidambaram and his son Karti are facing trial, have said on Monday, that y have taken all steps to leave stone unturned in case. y have said that legal vice was taken from experts before filing charge sheet. Before ding sections of PMLA and IPC y have discussed to ensure that mistake was committed.

CBI justifies charges mentioned in charge sheet 

On Monday, judge Ajay Kumar Kuhar while taking cognisance of charge sheet, asked questions related to particular sections in which accused were charge-sheeted.  CBI officials said that government exchequer was put to loss by accused persons. y said that two rules were violated, approval was taken for downstream payment and FEMA rules were t followed to favour accused. 

"This was why we ded section 420 of IPC which deals into cheating,"  said CBI official. 

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When judge asked to explain why section 468 of IPC which deals with forged documents was ded, CBI official said that Chess Manment firm issued fake invoices and money was paid to m by INX media as an alleged bribe. 

"Because of fake invoice we charged accused with section 468 of IPC, " official said. 

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Sources said that Chess Manment which is a consultancy firm was allegedly being controlled by Karti Chidambaram. firm was sending invoices to get money in name of fee to INX media firm.

"y pretended that y gave service to INX media case and were charging fee. Whereas, our investigation suggests that service was given to INX by Chess Manment and invoices were issued at instruction of Karti Chidambaram to get money," said a source. 

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All accused summoned

On Monday, court took cognisance of charge sheet and have summoned all accused.  CBI have charge-sheeted 14 persons including P Chidambaram and his son Karti in case. P Chidambaram and Karti Chidambaram have alleged that case is thing but a political vendetta against m. 

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