In a post on social media platform X on Thursday evening, the ED stated, “ED has placed prosecution sanction order received from the Competent Authority against Shri P. Chidambaram, the then Union Finance Minister in respect of the offence of money laundering in the Aircel-Maxis Deal, before the Ld. Special Court.”
The agency also issued a detailed press release, clarifying that the sanction was obtained from the competent authority to prosecute Chidambaram as a public servant and has now been submitted before the Special Court to expedite the pending trials.
