“Congress MP Karti Chidambaram appeared before the Enforcement Directorate (ED), in New Delhi, on January 12, his third deposition in less than a month, for questioning in a money-laundering case linked to alleged issuance of visas to some Chinese nationals in 2011,” sources said.
The 52-year-old legislator from Sivaganga Lok Sabha seat in Tamil Nadu was questioned in this case on December 23 last year and January 2 and the Central agency recorded his statement under the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA).
Karti went to the ED headquarters in Delhi for the third time on Friday morning. It is understood that his deposition was in connection with the Chinese-visa-linked PMLA case this time too.