In more trouble for former Union minister P. Chidambaram in the INX Media case, a Delhi court on Tuesday allowed the Enforcement Directorate (ED) to arrest him with an option to interrogate him first.
Special judge Ajay Kumar Kuhar allowed the ED to interrogate the Congress leader for 30 minutes in Delhi's Tihar jail on Wednesday.
After the court passed the order, the ED sought the court's permission to question him in some space available in Rouse Avenue court premises.
The court, however, said, "it's not in the dignity of this person that you interrogate and arrest him here in public view."
The court also rejected the Congress leader's plea seeking to recall the production warrant issued against him.
Chidambaram, who is under judicial custody till October 17 in the corruption case, was arrested by the CBI on August 21.
The CBI had registered an FIR on May 15, 2017, alleging irregularities in a Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB) clearance granted to the INX Media group for receiving overseas funds of Rs 305 crore in 2007, during Chidambaram's tenure as finance minister.
Thereafter, the ED lodged a money-laundering case in this regard in 2017.
