New Delhi, Feb. 26 -- The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has placed a prosecution sanction received from the competent authority against former Union Finance Minister and senior Congress leader P Chidambaram in respect of the offence of money laundering in the Aircel Maxis and INX Media case before a special court.

These prosecution sanction orders have been placed before the Rouse Avenue Special Court here in the national capital by the ED to expedite the trial in these cases.

The ED had initiated investigation under Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), 2002 in ECIR/05/DZ/2012 based on the FIR bearing Number RC-DAI-2011-A-0022 on October 9, 2011, registered by the CBI in Aircel Maxis case against Chidambaram for offences punishable...