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Karti Chidambaram, son of former Union minister P Chidambaram, appeared before the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Wednesday, 9 October, for questioning in the INX Media money-laundering case, officials said.
Karti, the Congress MP representing Sivaganga in Tamil Nadu, was summoned for a fresh round of grilling in the case, they added.
Karti was questioned multiple times by the agency in the past in connection with the case and his statement was recorded under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA).
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) arrested his father and senior Congress leader P Chidambaram in the case last month.
Last year, the ED had attached assets worth Rs 54 crore of Karti that were located in India, the UK and Spain in connection with the INX Media case.
Agency sources had earlier alleged that P Chidambaram and Karti were the "beneficial owners" of several shell firms that were incorporated in India and abroad in connection with an Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB) approval given to the INX Media group during Chidambaram's tenure as the Union finance minister.
They put the money in over two dozen foreign accounts and purchased multiple immovable assets in countries such as Malaysia, the United Kingdom and Spain, among others, according to ED.
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