Nalini Chidambaram questioned by CBI regarding Saradha issue
Nalini Chidamabaram, wife of former Finance Minister P Chidambaram, has been examined by CBI in connection with the alleged multi-crore Saradha chit fund scam. CBI examined Nalini, a Supreme Court lawyer, yesterday evening in Chennai in connection with the legal fee paid to her by the Saradha group, official sources said here.
The sources said Saradha Chairman Sudipta Sen, at present in jail, had mentioned about hiring Nalini as a lawyer at the request of Manoranjana Sinh, estranged wife of Congress leader Mantang Sinh. Sen, who had written a letter to CBI last year, had claimed that Rs One the Saradha group had paid crore to the lawyer as her legal fee. Nalini represented Manoranjana and, therefore, was asked to offer her professional advice in her negotiations with Sen in connection with plans by the group to acquire a TV channel in the northeast.
The lawyer is believed to have advised her client against the Rs 42-crore investment by the group to acquire the TV channel.
The details that have been shared in public have not yet shown any kind of violations on her part.
Source: Financial Chronicle
