INX Media case: CBI confronts Chidambaram with former NITI Aayog CEO, another co-accused

The CBI has confronted the arrested former finance minister P Chidambaram with former NITI Aayog CEO Sindhushree Khullar in connection with the INX Media case, officials said on Monday.

A 1975-batch IAS officer of the Union Territory cadre, Khullar was the additional secretary in the Finance Ministry when developments related to the INX Media allegedly took place in the ministry, they said.

According to her Executive Record sheet, she was the Additional Secretary in the Department of Economic Affairs from April 11, 2007 to September 11, 2008. She was promoted as Special Secretary in the department and held the post from September 12, 2008 to November 2, 2008.