Shashi Tharoor, Karti Chidambaram visit Chidambaram in Tihar jail
India TV NewsCongress leaders Shashi Tharoor, Manish Tewari and Karti Chidambaram on Monday visited Tihar jail to meet former finance minister P. Chidambaram who is currently lodged there in the INX Media corruption case. P. Chidambaram is in Tihar Jail as the Enforcement Directorate is probing a money laundering case, pertaining to alleged irregularities in the Foreign Investment Promotion Board clearance to the media group for receiving overseas funds in 2007 when he was the Union Finance Minister. Chidambaram was first arrested by the Central Bureau of Investigation on August 21 in the INX Media corruption case and was granted bail by the Supreme Court on October 22. ALSO READ | SC seeks ED response on Chidambaram's bail plea in INX Media money-laundering case