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Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi meet P Chidambaram in Tihar jail

Former Finance Minister P Chidambaram was arrested on August 21 by the CBI and then sent to the judicial custody on September 5

New Delhi: On Wednesday Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra would visit former Finance Minister P Chidambaram in Tihar jail said Congress leader.

According to a senior Congress leader, Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi will visit Mr. Chidambaram.Mr. Chidambaram has been lodged in the Tihar jail since his arrest in the INX Media case.

Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi visit comes almost a month after Congress interim chief Sonia Gandhi and former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh met Mr. Chidambaram in the jail.

According to Congress leaders, Mr. Chidambaram is suffering from several diseases, has lost over 10 kg weight in the last three months.

Mr. Chidambaram is being probed by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in connection with granting of the Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB) clearance to INX Media while he was the Finance Minister.

Former Finance Minister P Chidambaram was arrested on August 21 by the CBI and then sent to the judicial custody on September 5.

Chidambaram was later arrested by the ED in connection with the money laundering in the INX Media case. ED subsequently lodged the money laundering case. Chidambaram has been allotted a single high-security cell inside Tihar.

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