Karti Chidambaram was summoned by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to join the investigation into a new case filed against him and others for allegedly assisting Chinese people in obtaining visas by circumventing procedures.
IANS cited a CBI source stating, “Karti has been called to appear on Wednesday by 11 a.m. at our New Delhi headquarters.”
S Bhaskararaman, Karti’s chartered accountant, is being detained by the CBI and may confront Karti with him. In this case, the CBI has recovered 65,000 emails that will be utilized as evidence.
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A sales deed, which was discovered during raids, is also essential in the case. The deed is for a property purchased in Jor Bagh, and a power of attorney is in Bhaskararaman’s name, even though Karti and his mother purchased the property.
According to the FIR, Talwandi Sabo Power Limited, a private company situated in Mansa (Punjab), paid Rs 50 lakh to an intermediary to secure Chinese nationals visas, assisting the company in finishing a project ahead of schedule.
“The private corporation was constructing a 1,980 MW thermal power plant, with the work being outsourced to a Chinese company. The project’s completion date had passed. To avoid being penalized for the delay, the private company was attempting to bring more and more Chinese professionals to its site, for which it required project visas in excess of the Ministry of Home Affairs’ limit “a CBI officer said
According to the official, a representative of the private company reached a person in Chennai through a close associate for the purpose, and they created a back-door plan to circumvent the visa ceiling by providing permission to re-use 263 project visas given to the Chinese company.
To do so, the private firm wrote to the Ministry of Home Affairs, requesting permission to re-use the project visas assigned to it. The request was approved within a month and permitted by the company.
“The private individual in Chennai allegedly demanded a payment of Rs 50 lakh through a close acquaintance, which was allegedly paid by the Mansa-based private firm. Payment of the bribe was funneled through a Mumbai-based company from the private firm to the person in Chennai and his close associate as payment of a ‘fake’ invoice produced for Consultancy and out-of-pocket expenses for Chinese visa-related services. The Mumbai-based firm was never in the visa business; instead, it was in the business of manufacturing industrial knives “the official said
Senior Chidambaram is accused of breaking the rules to help some Chinese nationals obtain visas.
