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Armed his bail plea in a “strange way”. 0.# The ED’s move to question with the order, the ED is Chidambaram, 74, was to Patel comes in the wake of expected to take Chidambaram arrested by the CBI on August nother senior Minister the grilling of Mukhtar in its custody on Wednesday. 21 and is lodged in Tihar jail Afrom the earlier UPA Memon, an alleged key person After this development, under judicial custody in the Government landed in trouble who handles various properties even if Chidambaram’s bail corruption case. on Tuesday as the Enforcement of Mirchi in Mumbai. Memon petition in the Supreme Court The CBI had registered an Directorate (ED) summoned is the brother-in-law of Mirchi. in the CBI case is favourably FIR on May 15, 2017 alleging Praful Patel for questioning on Developers Pvt Limited, a In his interaction with the disposed, he might end up irregularities in a Foreign October 18 in connection with company promoted by Patel media, Patel said that the mat- spending Diwali behind bars. Investment Promotion Board an alleged property deal and his wife, constructed ter was under investigation Trial court judge Ajay (FIPB) clearance granted to the between him and Hajra Iqbal, Ceejay House and transferred and the issue is if the “person Kumar Kuhar on Tuesday INX Media group for receiving the wife of late Iqbal Mirchi, an its third and fourth floors to at Ceejay House is linked with evening passed the order allow- overseas funds of 305 crore in erstwhile close aide of Karachi- Mirchi’s wife Hajra Iqbal in me”. The building, according to ing the ED to interrogate 2007 during Chidambaram’s based underworld don 2007 “towards beneficial inter- Patel, was there in 1970. “After Chidambaram in Tihar jail on tenure as the Finance Minister. Dawood Ibrahim. est of Mirchi in the land on my father’s death, there was dis- Wednesday and arrest him if Thereafter, the ED lodged As it readied itself to arrest which the structure is built”. pute in the family among 21 co- necessary. The court said three a money-laundering case in former Union Minister P Patel and his wife own a sig- owners. The Mumbai High ED officials can interrogate this regard in 2017. Chidambaram on Wednesday nificant number of shares in Court was asked in 1978 to take Chidambaram on Wednesday Chidambaram moved the for custodial interrogation in Millennium Developers Private charge and look after the prop- after 8.30 am and asked the jail top court challenging the Delhi the INX Media case, the ED Limited. erty,” Patel said. superintendent to make !"# "$ % %! High Court’s September 30 prepared the ground for the However, Patel dismissed According to the list of arrangements in this regard. verdict denying him bail in questioning of former Civil the case, saying, “It is an old Mirchi’s properties located in The former Finance Chidambaram in some space will hear on Wednesday the the apex court has literally the INX Media case lodged by Aviation Minister Praful Patel case and since I am on election India and the UK, Ceejay Minister’s judicial custody in available on Rouse Avenue arguments of Solicitor General became useless. The ED will get the CBI. on allegations of quid pro quo tour, I am not privy to the doc- House was constructed in the INX Media corruption court premises. The court, Tushar Mehta, representing maximum 15 days custody of Sibal told the Bench on in a property deal with late uments. But I can tell you that 2006-07 as a joint venture (JV) case, which was filed by the however, said, “It’s not in the the CBI. Citing his attempts to Chidamabaram following Tuesday that earlier the ED had Iqbal Mirchi’s wife Hajra. the allegations against me are between Mirchi and Millenium CBI, ends on October 17. Since dignity of this person that you meet to two crucial witnesses, which he may be remanded in argued before the apex court Official sources said that at false and unsubstantiated.” Developers Pvt Ltd. his arrest on August 21, he has interrogate and arrest him here the agency reiterated that judicial custody till he gets bail that they want custodial inter- its office in Mumbai on Talking to mediapersons The ED probe has revealed till Tuesday spent 54 days in in public view.” The court also Chidambaram should not be in the ED’s case. rogation of Chidambaram, but October 18, the ED would here, he said, “Documents may Mirchi had bought/developed custody — both of the CBI as rejected Chidamabram’s peti- given bail. Justice R Banumathi Senior advocates Kapil later they opposed his applica- record Patel’s statement under have been leaked to media. several properties in India and well as judicial — in nine tion against the production headed Bench will resume Sibal and Abhishek Manu tion filed in the trial court to the Prevention of Money Obviously, you are in posses- abroad from the proceeds of spells. warrant. hearing on this petition on Singhvi, appearing for surrender in the money laun- Laundering Act (PMLA) in sion of some papers which crime generated through var- After the court passed the Chidambaram on Tuesday Wednesday morning and the Chidambaram, told a 3-judge dering case. connection with a deal between may have never been brought ious illegal offences. order, Solicitor General Tushar sought bail from the Supreme ED is expected to make arrest bench headed by Justice R “Bail should be granted to a real estate company promot- to my attention.” The NCP is seeing the Mehta and Special Public Court in the INX Media cor- early in the morning. Banumathi that there were no him (Chidambaram). They ed by him, his wife and late The ED is investigating action against its leader as Prosecutor Amit Mahajan, ruption case saying the CBI After the trial court’s per- allegations against their party (CBI) want to keep me in jail Mirchi’s wife. several property deals, includ- “political vendetta” in the run appearing for the ED, sought wants to keep him in custody mission to the ED, colleague or his family mem- to humiliate him,” Sibal argued The ED documents have ing Ceejay House at Worli in up to the Maharashtra permission to question to humiliate him. The court Chidambaram’s bail petition in bers of having ever tried to before the apex court. revealed that Millennium south-central Mumbai, which Assembly polls. # $$ %R " !" $ %$ $&" ' 0.# ( .685 he bestowal of “Bharat !" uring the raids at the TRatna” upon social reform- # Dpremises of Excise ers Jyotiba Phule, Savitribai ! Department’s Assistant Phhule, and freedom fighter % & & ' Commissioner Alok Khare, Veer Savarkar, creation of one the Special Police crore jobs in five years, making Establishment of Lokayukta Maharashtra “drought-free” in unearthed assets worth crores five years and 5 lakh crore !" # ! of rupees including luxury investment in infrastructure & & ! automobiles, posh houses and sector are among the promis- # ( lands etc. es made by the ruling BJP in its # ) The Lokayukta on Tuesday manifesto for the State O " % conducted simultaneous raids Assembly polls. at seven establishments of the In its manifesto “Sankalp &% +', officer in Bhopal, Indore, Patra” released three days after $ ( "( & Raisen and Chhatarpur. its ally Shiv Sena released its P % %! & & The Lokayukta sleuths manifesto “Vachan Patra”, the ' were shocked with the revela- % '( + BJP has also promised houses Phule, Savitribai Phhule, and CM said. and to set up a solar power grid. tions of the astronomical assets ! ( + ,- . to all the homeless in the State freedom fighter Veer Savarkar. The project to link various In a first of its kind imita- ## amassed by the officer who / ( % by 2022, pure drinking water to These three great leaders rivers, uninterrupted power tive, the BJP has promised to $ ! ! despite his humble earnings of each household, to set up a grid deserved to be honoured with supply, education, economic set up an independent author- % - around Rs one lakh a month for Marathwada to solve water Bharat Ratna as they spent development, health, agricul- ity to repair all kinds of roads. .& & has managed to accumulate Chhatarpur, where the officer Chhatarpur and his lavish farm problem in the region and to their whole lives for social ture, social welfare, air trans- The ruling party said it would over Rs 100 crore properties has a luxury bungalow built. house at Raisen had even dazed provide job opportunities to activities. The Shiv Sena has port, port development, water connect the entire Maharashtra with close to two dozen places His stature and lavish style the investigators, said an offi- one crore women by bringing also for some time been supply for irrigation and rural by internet through Bharat Net across the state.

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