Congress parliamentarian Karti Chidambaram has alleged that the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) took away his ‘sensitive and confidential personal documents’ during the searches at his residence in connection with visa for Chinese nationals case. Karti Chidambaram made this accusation through a letter which he has written to the Lok Sabha speaker. Karti is being questioned for the second consecutive day at the CBI headquarters in national capital on the allegations of bribery.
“I have become the victim of a grossly illegal and patently unconstitutional action. The Central Bureau of Investigation in the garb of conducting an investigation into an 11-year-old decision of the Government of India in which I have absolutely no involvement, raided my residence in Delhi. In the course of this so-called raid, certain officers of the CBI seized my highly confidential and sensitive personal notes and papers pertaining to the Parliamentary Standing Committee for Information and Technology, of which I am a Member,” alleged Karti Chidambaram.
Karti has also alleged that his his draft notes and questions which he had intended to ask, witnesses summoned to the committee, were also seized by the agency officials.
“Furthermore, my handwritten notes pertaining to the depositions made to the Committee by witnesses were also seized – for reasons best known to the Agency,” the letter alleged.