Mar 01, 2018 16:19:53 (IST)
Karti Chidambaram's lawyer Abhishek Manu Singhvi:
- There is no new fact necessitating arrest
- Can you punish a person with a law which didn't exist at the time of offence?
- The law at that time -2007- prescribes a sentence of only of 7 years
- The Supreme Court has said a person should not be arrested.automatically if the punishment is up to 7 years.
- What's the special factor in the last two weeks that has made the CBI believe it can't do the investigation without arrest?
- The CBI wants to me (Karti) to confront a lady and her husband. For that, custodial interrogation is not needed.
- CBI can do so by calling me (Karti) instead of arresting me.