<p class="title">Karti Chidambaram on Thursday termed the arrest of his father P Chidambaram as a "political vendetta" and vehemently denied any association with either Peter Mukherjea or his wife Indrani Mukherjea, the promoters of INX Media.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Karti arrived here this morning from Chennai, hours after his father was arrested on Wednesday night after high drama at his residence here in the INX Media case.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"This is not merely targeting of my father but the targeting of the Congress party. I will go to Jantar Mantar to protest," said Karti as he stepped out of the Delhi airport.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Karti said there was no legal necessity for Chidambaram to appear before the CBI and denied that his father had been in hiding.</p>.<p class="bodytext">He said despite several efforts by the CBI, the agency didn't have a case against them.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"First and foremost we are being targeted. There is no legal requirement for my father to be available to anybody...My father is a vehement, vocal and articulate critic of this government. Case has no legal basis, charges trumped-up," said Karti, who said that he knew the processes agencies use and never has the CBI given two hours notice to anyone.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"I have been summoned 20 times and raided four times. Nobody has ever been raided as many times but they still don't have a case....each time I (was summoned) was given a week's notice," he said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">When asked about his association with Peter and Indrani Mukherjea, Karti said he neither knew them nor has he met them.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"I have never met Peter Mukherjea. Have never met Indrani Mukherjea, only time I met her was during the CBI interrogation in Byculla jail. Never met anyone in FIPB (Foreign Investment Promotion Board), don’t know the process of FIPB", he said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Chidambaram, who spent the night in a CBI guest house will be questioned in the alleged corruption in Rs 305 crore clearance given to INX media when he was the Union finance minister..</p>.<p class="bodytext">The firm once promoted by Peter and Indrani Mukerjea, both in jail for murdering the latter's daughter Sheena Bora, had allegedly made payments to a firm linked to the former finance minister's son Karti Chidambaram, the CBI has said in the FIR.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Chidambaram has strongly denied the allegations, saying the payments were for consultancy and his son was in no way associated with that company.</p>
<p class="title">Karti Chidambaram on Thursday termed the arrest of his father P Chidambaram as a "political vendetta" and vehemently denied any association with either Peter Mukherjea or his wife Indrani Mukherjea, the promoters of INX Media.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Karti arrived here this morning from Chennai, hours after his father was arrested on Wednesday night after high drama at his residence here in the INX Media case.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"This is not merely targeting of my father but the targeting of the Congress party. I will go to Jantar Mantar to protest," said Karti as he stepped out of the Delhi airport.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Karti said there was no legal necessity for Chidambaram to appear before the CBI and denied that his father had been in hiding.</p>.<p class="bodytext">He said despite several efforts by the CBI, the agency didn't have a case against them.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"First and foremost we are being targeted. There is no legal requirement for my father to be available to anybody...My father is a vehement, vocal and articulate critic of this government. Case has no legal basis, charges trumped-up," said Karti, who said that he knew the processes agencies use and never has the CBI given two hours notice to anyone.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"I have been summoned 20 times and raided four times. Nobody has ever been raided as many times but they still don't have a case....each time I (was summoned) was given a week's notice," he said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">When asked about his association with Peter and Indrani Mukherjea, Karti said he neither knew them nor has he met them.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"I have never met Peter Mukherjea. Have never met Indrani Mukherjea, only time I met her was during the CBI interrogation in Byculla jail. Never met anyone in FIPB (Foreign Investment Promotion Board), don’t know the process of FIPB", he said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Chidambaram, who spent the night in a CBI guest house will be questioned in the alleged corruption in Rs 305 crore clearance given to INX media when he was the Union finance minister..</p>.<p class="bodytext">The firm once promoted by Peter and Indrani Mukerjea, both in jail for murdering the latter's daughter Sheena Bora, had allegedly made payments to a firm linked to the former finance minister's son Karti Chidambaram, the CBI has said in the FIR.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Chidambaram has strongly denied the allegations, saying the payments were for consultancy and his son was in no way associated with that company.</p>