Father’s arrest is ‘political vendetta’, I never met Peter, Indrani: Karti

Calling his father the “most vocal critic of the government”, Karti Chidambaram on Thursday said the CBI action was aimed at silencing the former finance minister and to taint the Congress party. The Lok Sabha lawmaker also claimed that he has been raided the most number of times by probe agencies in the history of the country.

Karti’s comments come after his father P Chidambaram was arrested by the CBI from his residence over the INX media case. The Lok Sabha MP, who is also being probed in the case, also denied meeting Indrani or Peter Mukerjea – promoters of INX media.

“This is a completely motivated political witch hunt, it is to tarnish Congress’ image and to try to silence the most vehement critic of the Centre.