PC In SC Offers To Remain In CBI Custody Till Sept 2

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In an unprecedented plea, former finance minister P Chidambaram Thursday offered in the Supreme Court to remain in CBI's custody till September 2 in the INX Media corruption case.

Chidambaram, who was arrested on August 21, is in the CBI custody till Friday and will be produced before the concerned trial court tomorrow on expiry of his remand.

The offer was made after a bench of Justices R Banumathi and A S Bopanna said it would hear on September 2 the plea of Chidambaram challenging the orders passed by the trial court remanding him in the CBI custody in the corruption case.

The bench, which did not comment on the offer of the former minister, said it would pronounce on September 5 its order on Chidambaram's plea challenging the Delhi High Court's August 20 verdict denying him anticipatory bail plea in the INX Media money laundering case lodged by the Enforcement Directorate (ED).

The bench also extended the interim protection from arrest granted to Chidambaram till September 5. Chidambaram, in his plea, has sought anticipatory bail in the money laundering case.