NEW DELHI: The Congress and its leader P Chidambaram today accused the Government of “unleashing vicious vendetta” against the opposition after the Enforcement Directorate (ED) carried out raids at the residence of the former Union Minister here in connection with its money laundering probe in the Aircel-Maxis case.
P Chidambaram accused the ED of misusing its power at the behest of the Government. He said he would not succumb to pressure and continue to speak and write.
He spoke to reporters outside his Jorbagh residence here, hours after the ED conducted searches at 10 premises linked to his son Karti Chidambaram in connection with the probe.
P Chidambaram termed the raids “a comedy of errors” and claimed the officers were left “embarrassed” and “apologetic” as they could not find anything at his house.
“Since they had the search warrant, I did not object to the search but I said I will record my protest that there is no FIR in respect of the scheduled crime…There are obviously no proceeds of crime and the ED has no jurisdiction under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA),” he told reporters. (AGENCIES)
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