CBI conducts searches at multiple premises of Congress leader Karti Chidambaram

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The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) is conducting searches at multiple residential and office premises of Congress leader Karti Chidambaram in a fresh case, according to people familiar with the development. The searches are being conducted across nine locations in Mumbai, Chennai, Odisha, Punjab and Karnataka in connection with a fresh case against the Congress MP. Chidambaram is accused of taking illegal gratification of ₹50 lakh for facilitating visas for some Chinese nationals for working in a project in Punjab, people cited above said.

"I have lost count, how many times has it been? Must be a record," tweeted Karti Chidambaram in view of CBI searches at his premises.

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