Supreme Court Allows Karti Chidambaram to Travel Abroad But He Has To Pay Rs 2 Crore

The court allowed Karti Chidambaram's foreign travel on the condition that he will have to deposit an amount of Rs 2 crore and submit a detailed itinerary of his travel.

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday allowed Congress MP Karti Chidambaram, who is an accused in the INX Media case, to travel aboard. The top court allowed Karti Chidambaram’s foreign travel on the condition that he will have to deposit an amount of Rs 2 crore and submit a detailed itinerary of his travel.

Karti Chidambaram, son of senior Congress leader P Chidambaram, is being probed by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) and the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in several case including the INX media money laundering case.

Earlier, the Supreme Court had allowed Karti Chidambaram to travel abroad after depositing Rs 10 crore with the secretary general of the SC.

The court had even asked Karti Chidambaram to file an undertaking about his flight schedule and return date to India. The apex court also directed Karti Chidambaram to return his passport to the probe agency upon his return to India.