In a swift operation on Wednesday night, Former Union Minister P. Chidambaram was taken into custody by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) minutes after he reached his Jor Bagh home after making a dramatic appearance at the press conference at the Congress headquarters in New Delhi.

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After his arrest, Chidambaram was seated in the middle of a white car with CBI personnel sitting on his either side as the former minister was driven straight to the CBI headquarters which is located barely a few kilometres away from his house for further investigation.