Enforcement Directorate (ED) officials have arrested former Union Minister and Congress leader P Chidambaram after questioning him in Tihar Jail. The probe agency will move the CBI court later in the day, seeking his custody which will be heard tomorrow.
On Tuesday, a special court had allowed 3 ED officials to interrogate Mr Chidambaram in INX media money laundering case. Currently, he is in judicial custody in connection with the same case. The court had to ED's request for the custodial interrogation of the 74-year-old who has been in Tihar jail since September 5. The agency, which accuses him of money laundering in the same case, had moved two applications yesterday -- to formally arrest Mr Chidambaram and seek his custody.