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A day after the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) raided the offices and residence of Mahima Mishra in connection with an alleged bribery case, the industrialist appeared before the officials of the central agency in Bhubaneswar on Friday.

During the questioning, Kalyani Singh, daughter of Acting Chief Justice Sabina Singh, was allegedly evasive in her responses following which the CBI arrested her.

The move comes a day after a special court in Mumbai allowed a plea of dismissed police officer Sachin Waze to turn an approver and seek pardon in the case.

The documents will be examined and then verified with the versions presented by those interrogated in connection with the case, the official said.

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".

He has been accused along with others of allegedly helping 263 Chinese nationals to get visas by flouting rules.

According to information availed through Right to Information (RTI) Act, the National Monument Authority (NMA) has not given its nod to carry out construction work in the 100-metre prohibited zone around the Jagannath Temple.

The central agency will record their statement and will confront them with documents it has.

It is alleged that several prime properties were given to the Yadav family in exchange for jobs in Railways under Lalu Prasad Yadav from 2008 to 2009.

On Tuesday, the probe agency conducted raids at 10 locations across the country, including the house of former Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram.

In pursuance of the same, the representative of the private company submitted a letter to the Union Ministry of Home Affairs seeking approval to reuse the visas, which was approved within a month and permission was issued.

The searches are being conducted at three locations in Chennai, three in Mumbai, one each in Karnataka, Punjab and Odisha, they added.

The CBI had on Wednesday arrested 14 persons, including six MHA officials following raids at 40 different places across the nation.

The raid was conducted after a complaint was filed by the officials of the Union Bank of India, Sambalpur against the businessman Natwarlal Agarwal and his family members.

On the directions of the Supreme Court, the Special Crime unit of the central agency registered the cases late Tuesday evening.