Stung by allegations of corruption, the Congress has hit back claiming Karti Chidambaram, the son of Congress leader P Chidambaram, had no links to the companies named by investigating agencies as having received kickbacks from INX Media. The CBI has alleged payments of over Rs. 3 crore to Karti; in exchange, they claimed, his father, the then Finance Minister, used his influence to legalise irregularities made by INX Media. An NDTV investigation has found that Karti Chidambaram does have links to at least three of those companies.