Mumbai, August 21: Trouble seems to be mounting for former Union finance minister P Chidambaram as the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has put up a notice outside the residence of senior Congress leader to appear before the investigating agency in the next two hours. A team of CBI officers reached at Chidambaram's posh Jor Bagh residence at 6.30 PM on Tuesday. The CBI's notice comes after the investigating agency reached Chidambaram's residence following the Delhi High Court's rejection of Chidambaram's plea for anticipatory bail on Tuesday. P Chidambaram's Anticipatory Bail Plea in INX Media Case Rejected by Delhi High Court, Former Finance Minister Likely to Approach Supreme Court.

The bail was denied to Chidambaram in both the ED and CBI case registered against him. The case against Chidambaram goes back to 2017, when the CBI registered an FIR on May 15, 2019 against the Congress leader for alleged irregularities related to FIPB clearance to INX Media. Whereas, the ED registered a case of money laundering against Chidambaram in 2018. CBI Team Reaches P Chidambaram's Residence Hours After Delhi HC Rejects His Anticipatory Bail Plea.

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While the Congress on Tuesday questioned the actions of probe agencies against former Finance Minister P Chidambaram soon after his anticipatory bail plea was rejected by the Delhi High Court, and said "what was the hurry" when the Supreme Court was slated to hear Chidambaram's appeal on Wednesday morning. The Congress termed the agencies action against Chidambaram as "political vendetta".

The Delhi High Court Tuesday said the INX media case involving former Union minister P Chidambaram is a “classic case of money laundering” and that his custody was essential for the CBI to take the case against him to a conclusion. Justice Sunil Gaur dismissed Chidambaram’s anticipatory bail plea in the corruption and money laundering cases in the INX Media scam case. The Delhi High Court had on July 25, 2018 granted interim protection from arrest to Chidambaram. The bail was extended from time to time for more than a year in the case. The judge also read CBI's comment that Chidambaram was being evasive in his replies to the agencies.

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