Chidambaram's family accuses the media of unsubstantiated allegations

NEW DELHI: The family of the Former Union Minister P Chidambaram, had accused the media of playing into the hands of the centre by making "wild, unverified and unsubstantiated allegations" against him.

On social media, his family in a message had claimed, "While we understand that the motive of the government is to demonize and humiliate P Chidambaram, we are deeply saddened that the media is unable to uphold liberty against calumny. One of the fundamental principles of liberty is: Every person is presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law."

Karti Chidambaram, on behalf of his family, tweeted a letter on the social networking site of Twitter which read, "We challenge the government to produce a shred of evidence in support of even one undisclosed bank account, one undisclosed property or one shell company anywhere in the world. We are a small family possessed of enough wealth and we are all income tax assessees. We do not crave money and have no need to seek money in unlawful ways. We are therefore astounded by allegations of properties in multiple countries, multiple bank accounts, numerous shell companies, etc. These are chapters plucked out of ghost stories, and one day these ghosts will be buried."

However, the Supreme Court has ruled that he cannot be arrested by the Enforcement Directorate until Wednesday.