new delhi former finance minister p chidambaram said on monday that his son karti chidambaram never met any officer connected with the foreign investment promotion board fipb and had no connection with inx mediai feel sad that my son and his business friends are being targeted i am indignant that some of the most distinguished civil servants of the country have been humiliated by the fir chidambaram said in a statementin the instant case it is not one secretary but six secretaries and the fipb secretariat who are being humiliated on a ridiculous charge of being induced by an alleged gratification of rs 10 lakhs he saidthe senior congress leader said that anyone familiar with the working of the fipb knows that no single officer can take a decision on any proposal and it is a collective decision of six secretariesanyone who has worked with me knows that no one would dare to influence my decisions i had never allowed any family member to speak to me or to any officer of my ministry on any official matter it is therefore preposterous to suggest that a member of my family with or without my knowledge influenced by corrupt or illegal means the six secretaries who constituted the fipbsuch an allegation is a despicable slur on the six secretaries of the government who constituted the fipb at the relevant time as far as fipb cases were concerned i approved only those cases that were recommended by the fipb and put up to me by secretary economic affairs he saidthe former fm said the fipb was serviced by a secretariat and it was chaired by the secretary economic affairs and included four other secretaries industry commerce external affairs and overseas indian affairs and the secretary of the administrative ministryhe said the five of them were among the seniormost ias officers and the sixth was a senior ifs officer of the ministry of external affairs and each one of them had a long and distinguished record of service chidambaram said the recommendations of the fipb were submitted to the ministry of finance where they were once again examined by the junior officers and then by the additional secretary and the secretary before the file was put up to the ministerhowever in the last two weeks leaks and insinuations have been deliberately fed to a section of the media and maliciously circulated in the social media in fact i have obtained a copy of the fir from the social media the origin of these leaks is hennai in my home state of tamil nadu he saidthe senior congress mp said the subject matter of the fir is an approval granted by the fipbit is clear that i am the target yet the fir does not name me the fir alleges that there was a conspiracy involving public officials who were induced by corrupt and illegal means to grant the approval yet the fir does not name a single public official chidambaram saidthe most ridiculous