The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Wednesday, 31 October, opposed in a Delhi court the anticipatory bail plea of former Union minister and Congress leader P Chidambaram in the Aircel-Maxis money laundering case, and sought his custodial interrogation.
ED, which filed its response to the anticipatory bail plea of Chidambaram, said he has remained evasive and was not cooperating in the probe.
The hearing on Chidambaram's plea will take place before Special Judge OP Saini on Thursday, 1 November.
The court had, on 8 October, extended till 1 November the interim protection from arrest granted to Chidambaram and son Karti in the Aircel-Maxis case filed by the CBI and the ED.
Chidambaram had filed the plea for protection from arrest in the ED case on 30 May this year, after which he got relief from the court on various occasions.
The agency, on 25 October, had filed the charge-sheet against Chidambaram in the Aircel-Maxis money laundering case, accusing him of conspiring with foreign investors to clear their venture.
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