The Enforcement Directorate on Wednesday raided Karti Chidambaram’s office in Chennai. The reason for the raids is unknown, but Karti issued a statement saying that there was no basis for the agency to visit his office.

“Neither I nor any of my family members have any connections with the said firms,” said Karti Chidambaram, son of Congress leader P Chidambaram, on the ED raids.

On December 2nd, a joint team of ED and Income Tax officials raided firms allegedly connected to Karti in Chennai.

According to official sources, the searches were conducted in connection with a case of alleged money laundering in the Aircel-Maxis deal, apart from alleged tax evasion and forex violations related to investments made in an eye-care chain.