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INX Media case: Chidambaram to remain in CBI custody till September 2

Apex court also scheduled to take up former union minister's plea against CBI custody on Monday

New Delhi: CBI officials bring Congress leader and former finance minister P Chidambaram to produce him at the CBI court in connection with the INX Media money laundering case, in New Delhi, Thursday, Aug 22, 2019. (PTI Photo/Ravi Choudhary)
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Aashish Aryan New Delhi
A special Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Court on Friday extended the CBI custody of former finance minister P Chidambaram till September 2, when the Supreme Court is slated to hear Chidambaram’s plea against him being sent into the custody of the probe agency. The former union minister has been in the custody of the probe agency since August 21.

During the arguments on Friday, the CBI sought custody of Chidambaram for five more days as he had only been partially interrogated. This, however, miffed the court a little, and it sought to know as to why the probe agency