PTI, NEW DELHI: The CBI today filed a charge sheet against Congress leader P Chidambaram and his son Karti for alleged irregularities and criminal conspiracy in the Aircel-Maxis deal case.
The supplementary charge sheet was filed before special CBI judge O P Saini who fixed it for consideration on July 31. Besides Chidambaram and Karti, the CBI also named 10 individuals, including public servants, and six companies as accused in the case.
The charge sheet was filed for the alleged offences of criminal conspiracy under the Indian Penal Code (IPC), public servant taking illegal gratification, punishment for abetting this offence and public servant committing criminal misconduct under the Prevention of Corruption Act, sources said.
If convicted, the offences entail a maximum punishment of seven years.
The agency has alleged that when foreign investment in Aircel by Malaysian telecom major Maxis was cleared by the finance ministry in March 13, 2006, a payment of Rs 26 lakh was made by Aircel to Chennai-based Advantage Strategic Consulting, officials said.
