CBI: No evidence found against P Chidambaram in 63 Moons case

The CBI on Thursday told the Bombay High Court that it has not found any material that substantiates with the allegations made by 63 Moons Technologies against former finance minister P Chidambaram and bureaucrats K P Krishnan and Ramesh Abhishek.

CBI lawyer Hiten Venegavkar told a division bench of Justices Sadhana Jadhav and N J Jamadar that the complaint filed by the firm has been forwarded to the Chief Vigilance Officer of the Department of Economic Affairs.

On February 15, 2019, 63 moons technologies filed a complaint with the CBI. It alleged that the senior Congress leader who was then finance minister and the other two abused their official positions and caused damage to the company when the multi-crore payment default scam at National Spot Exchange Limited (NSEL) came to light.

The CBI in an affidavit said that the petitioner did not submit any supporting documents.Till then, the agency cannot conduct any probe, the affidavit added.