<p>The CBI questioned Lok Sabha MP Karti Chidambaram for the third consecutive day on Saturday in connection with its probe into the alleged Rs 50-lakh bribery for issuance of 263 project visas to Chinese workers involved in the construction of the Talwandi Sabo power project in 2011, officials said.</p>.<p>He arrived at the CBI headquarters early in the morning to face the investigation team. The questioning is likely to continue throughout the day with a lunch break, they said</p>.<p>The CBI is questioning Karti Chidambaram since Thursday in the 11-year old case which the Congress leader has termed as "most bogus" and a result of "political vendetta".</p>.<p><strong>Also Read | <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/north-and-central/cbi-seized-highly-confidential-papers-karti-chidambaram-writes-to-om-birla-over-breach-of-parliamentary-privilege-1112884.html">CBI seized highly confidential papers: Karti Chidambaram writes to Om Birla over 'breach of Parliamentary Privilege'</a></strong></p>.<p>The case is of 2011 when his father P Chidambaram was the Union Home Minister.</p>.<p>The CBI had registered an FIR on May 14 against Karti and others over allegations of a Rs 50-lakh bribe being paid to him and his close associate S Bhaskararaman by a top executive of Vedanta group company Talwandi Sabo Power Ltd (TSPL) for re-issuance of Project Visa for 263 Chinese workers, the CBI FIR said.</p>.<p>TSPL was setting up a power plant in Punjab.</p>.<p>Projects visas were a special type of visas introduced in 2010 for the power and steel sector, detailed guidelines for which were issued during P Chidambaram's tenure as Union home minister. However, there was no provision for re-issue of project visas, the FIR has alleged.</p>.<p>The agency has already arrested Bhaskararaman in connection with the case.</p>
<p>The CBI questioned Lok Sabha MP Karti Chidambaram for the third consecutive day on Saturday in connection with its probe into the alleged Rs 50-lakh bribery for issuance of 263 project visas to Chinese workers involved in the construction of the Talwandi Sabo power project in 2011, officials said.</p>.<p>He arrived at the CBI headquarters early in the morning to face the investigation team. The questioning is likely to continue throughout the day with a lunch break, they said</p>.<p>The CBI is questioning Karti Chidambaram since Thursday in the 11-year old case which the Congress leader has termed as "most bogus" and a result of "political vendetta".</p>.<p><strong>Also Read | <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/north-and-central/cbi-seized-highly-confidential-papers-karti-chidambaram-writes-to-om-birla-over-breach-of-parliamentary-privilege-1112884.html">CBI seized highly confidential papers: Karti Chidambaram writes to Om Birla over 'breach of Parliamentary Privilege'</a></strong></p>.<p>The case is of 2011 when his father P Chidambaram was the Union Home Minister.</p>.<p>The CBI had registered an FIR on May 14 against Karti and others over allegations of a Rs 50-lakh bribe being paid to him and his close associate S Bhaskararaman by a top executive of Vedanta group company Talwandi Sabo Power Ltd (TSPL) for re-issuance of Project Visa for 263 Chinese workers, the CBI FIR said.</p>.<p>TSPL was setting up a power plant in Punjab.</p>.<p>Projects visas were a special type of visas introduced in 2010 for the power and steel sector, detailed guidelines for which were issued during P Chidambaram's tenure as Union home minister. However, there was no provision for re-issue of project visas, the FIR has alleged.</p>.<p>The agency has already arrested Bhaskararaman in connection with the case.</p>