NEW DELHI: Granting an interim protection to former Union Minister P Chidambaram from arrest, the Delhi High Court today directed the Enforcement Directorate (ED) not to take any coercive step till August 1 against him in the INX Media money laundering case.
Justice A K Pathak, however, directed Chidambaram to cooperate with the ED’s investigation as and when required and not to leave the country without the court’s prior permission.
The court also sought ED’s response on the senior Congress leader’s anticipatory bail plea which was opposed by the investigating agency on the point of maintainability.
The senior Congress leader’s role had come under the scanner of various investigating agencies in the Rs 3,500-crore Aircel-Maxis deal and the INX Media case involving Rs 305 crore. (AGENCIES)
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