New Delhi, June 15 (UNI): The Delhi High Court after hearing request in the anticipatory bail application of Congress MP Karti Chidambaram in the alleged Chinese Visas scam case, adjourned further hearing for June 24.
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has registered a case under the provision of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act against Karti and others in the alleged scam pertaining to the issuance of visa to 263 Chinese nationals in 2011.
The investigating agency has submitted that the laundered amount in the case was yet to be established during the investigation and the bribe amount of Rs 50 lakh in the CBl case cannot be considered as the basis of the present case of PMLA. After dismissal of anticipatory bail by the trial court Karti has moved the anticipatory bail before the high court.
The counsel for ED opposed bail application by submitting that he cannot file the application without any genuine apprehension of his arrest.
The counsel for Karti submitted before the court that Senior Counsel Kapil Sibal was unavailable today and requested for adjournment.
Delhi High Court Justice Anoop Kumar Mendiratta after hearing request on behalf of Karti adjourned the matter for further hearing on June 24.
