Chidambaram case being handled in a depressing manner, says Mamata

West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday joined DMK chief MK Stalin in extending her support to P Chidambaram and criticising the way the former Union minister was arrested late on Wednesday.

Mamata Banerjee and MK Stalin both questioned the manner in which the 73-year-old Congress leader was arrested by officers of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in a money laundering case related to INX Media. The senior Congress leader was taken to CBI headquarters after the agency’s officials scaled the boundary walls of his residence in New Delhi’s Jor Bagh area on Wednesday night to arrest him.

“Sometimes the process is incorrect. I am not talking about the legality. Chidambaram is a senior politician and former finance and home minister of this country. The way his matter has been handled is very depressing. That is very sad and bad too,” said Mamata Banerjee.