INX Media case: Chidambaram arrested amid high drama

Former Finance Minister P Chidambaram was arrested by the CBI in the INX Media case on Wednesday night, soon after his dramatic appearance in Congress headquarters following Supreme Court refusal to grant immediate relief and urgent hearing on his plea for pre-arrest bail.

The arrest came almost 30 hours of high drama after Delhi High Court rejected his anticipatory bail plea on Tuesday evening and Supreme Court listing Chidambaram’s appeal for hearing only on Friday after refusing immediate relief.

The 73-year-old Rajya Sabha MP was taken to CBI headquarters from his Jor Bagh residence at around 9:45 PM, almost 90 minutes after his appearance in Congress office and amid a group of Congress workers protesting and some of them throwing themselves on top of the car in which he was driven.