Nalini Chidambaram, the CBI charge sheeted wife of Congress strongman P Chidambaram, was granted interim bail by the Madras High Court in connection with the Saradha Chit Fund Scam on Saturday.
The CBI had filed a charge sheet against Nalini in a Calcutta court in connection with the Saradha Chit Fund scam. Nalini, a lawyer, has been accused of accepting a bribe of Rs 1.40 crore from the owner of the Chit Fund, Sudipto Sen.
The Madras High Court in a special sitting held on Saturday granted four weeks of interim anticipatory bail to Nalini. The bail was granted by Justice G K Ilanthirayan, The judge directed the petitioner to appear before the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Egmore, Chennai, and offer sureties before approaching the concerned jurisdictional court to apply for regular anticipatory bail.
The charge sheet against Nalini, which was filed in the Special CBI Court at Calcutta alleged that she had entered into a criminal conspiracy with Sudiptha Sen, the proprietor of the chit fund and other accused persons with the intention of cheating and misappropriation of funds of the Saradha group of Companies, according to a spokesman of the CBI.
Nalini’s husband Chidambaram and son Karti, who are accused in the Aircel-Maxis scam too are out on bail as a Delhi court has given them interim protection from arrest till February 1.
