INX Media case: Delhi court grants interim bail to ex NITI Aayog CEO Sindhushree Khullar, others

Former OSD to Finance Minister Pradeep Kumar Bagga and former FIPB director Prabodh Saxena also moved bail pleas in the case.

November 29, 2019 11:46 am | Updated 12:23 pm IST - New Delhi

P. Chidambaram. File photo: Sandeep Saxena

P. Chidambaram. File photo: Sandeep Saxena

A Delhi court on November 29 granted interim bail to former NITI Aayog CEO Sindhushree Khullar and others in the INX Media corruption case.

Special Judge Ajay Kumar Kuhar also granted relief to former OSD to Finance Minister Pradeep Kumar Bagga and former FIPB director Prabodh Saxena.

Former section officer of the FIPB unit in the Finance Ministry Ajeet Kumar Dungdung, then under secretary in the FIPB unit Rabindra Prasad and former Joint sSecretary (Foreign Trade) DEA Anup K. Pujari were also granted interim bail by the court.

The court granted the bail to them on a personal bond of ₹2 lakh and one surety of like amount.

It also issued notice to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and sought its reply on their bail applications.

Former Union Minister P. Chidambaram was produced before the court during the proceedings in the case.

The next hearing in the matter is on December 17.

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