Chidambaram case ‘bribe’ so far: Rs 10 lakh

The CBI has so far found that a princely sum of around Rs 9.96 lakh has been paid as a bribe in the INX Media case in which former finance minister P. Chidambaram is an accused.

The startling revelation, considering the sizes of bribes in the age of scams have been running into head-spinning figures, has been made in the chargesheet filed by the CBI on Friday against 14 people, including Chidambaram, his son Karti and some bureaucrats.

“The Mumbai-based media company had also made an alleged payment of Rs 9.96 lakh (approx) into the account of the said front company (a consulting company) as illegal payoff without delivering any service,” the CBI said in a statement that announced the filing of the chargesheet in a Delhi court.