Karti Chidambaram Appeared Before CBI In A Visa Scam Case
Karti Chidambaram appeared before CBI in a visa scam case, special court-ordered: Chinese Visa Scam Case.
Congress MP Karti Chidambaram arrived at the CBI headquarters on Thursday for questioning in connection with the investigation into an alleged scam related to visas to 263 Chinese nationals.
This case is from the year 2011. Karti’s father P Chidambaram was the Union Home Minister at that time.
A special court had ordered him to join the CBI investigation within 16 hours of his return from foreign travel. Kirti had traveled to Europe with the permission of the Supreme Court and a special court.
Kirti returned from a foreign tour on Wednesday. Talking to reporters outside the CBI headquarters, he denied the allegations leveled against him.
Karti Chidambaram appeared before CBI: It is alleged that by taking Rs 50 lakh, he got visas for 263 Chinese nationals.
Let us inform you that a Chinese company Shandong Electric Power Construction Corporation (Sepco) got the contract from Talwandi Sabo Power Limited (TSPL) to set up a power plant in Mansa, Punjab.
SEPCO desperately needed to bring in additional Chinese experts to avoid delays in power plant construction and fines for failure to complete the work on time.
But visas for such companies issued by the Ministry of Home Affairs SEPCO were unable to bring in specialists due to a limited number of workers.
In such a situation, TSPL Vice President Vikas Makharia contacted S Bhaskar Raman, a close aide of P Chidambaram. Bhaskar Raman assured to get the work done in lieu of Rs 50 lakh.
After that 263 experts of the Chinese company were granted visas.
After this, an amount of Rs 50 lakh was sent to Mumbai-based company Bell Tools Limited through fake invoices and from there the amount reached Bhaskar Raman and Karti Chidambaram.
