ED files Chargesheet against P Chidambaram in Aircel Maxis case

The ED today filed a charge sheet against 9 people, among them former Union Minister P Chidambaram in the Aircel-Maxis money laundering case, accusing him of conspiring with foreign investors to give them clearance for their business ventures.

Special Judge O.P.Saini fixed November 26 as the date  for consideration of the charge sheet.

ED had filed the first charge sheet in the case against Chidambaram’s son Kartik. Later a supplementary charge sheet was also filed against him.

The nine accused have been charged with money-laundering of Rs 1.16 crore in lieu of illegal FIFB approval by the former minister in March 2006, given to the foreign investor Global Communication and Services Holdings Limited, Mauritius in violation of the various rules governing the FDI policy in India.