A special CBI court in Delhi on May 19 remanded S. Bhaskararaman, an alleged associate of Sivaganga MP Karti Chidambaram, to four days in the agency's custody in a case related to a bribes for visa scam, allegedly perpetrated in 2011.
The CBI had sought Mr. Bhaskararaman’s custody for 14 days, citing that he was Mr. Karti Chidambaram’s chartered accountant and thus had information relevant to the case, about which he needed to be interrogated.
Special CBI judge Prashant Kumar agreed that Mr. Bhaskararaman needed to be interrogated, especially given that the CBI’s probe was at an initial stage, but granted the agency his custody for only four days.
