After failing to locate P Chidambaram, CBI pastes notice at his residence; asks him to appear within 2 hours

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) late on Tuesday night pasted a notice outside the residence of former Union Minister P Chidambaram to appear before them within the next two hours.

Earlier during the day, the Delhi High Court had dismissed his both anticipatory bail pleas in connection with INX Media case. 

Even though he moved the Supreme Couer challenging the order, teams of officers of CBI and ED knocked on his Delhi residence, apparently to arrest him.

Delhi: Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has put up a notice outside the residence of P Chidambaram to appear before them in the next two hours. Earlier today, Delhi High Court had dismissed his both anticipatory bail pleas in connection with INX Media case. pic.twitter.com/IeEI5IkvGF

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First a team of CBI officials reached Chidambaram's Jor Bagh residence and left after finding him not there. Shortly later, a team of ED officials also went to his residence and failed to locate him.

The officials refused to talk to a horde of media persons who sought to know whether they had come to arrest the former union minister.

Earlier in the day, the High Court rejected the former finance minister's anticipatory bail plea in the two cases filed by the CBI and the ED related to his alleged role in INX Media scam.

Chidambaram's legal team consisting of top lawyers Kapil Sibal and Abhishek Manu Singhvi will approach the senior-most judge of the Supreme Court on Wednesday to seek a stay of the High Court order.

"Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi has asked us to appear before the senior-most judge of the top court in the morning tomorrow," Sibal told reporters after approaching Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi in the court. 

(With ANI inputs)