A Delhi court has dismissed a plea on Friday filed by former finance minister P Chidambaram, lodged in Tihar jail in the INX Media corruption case, seeking to surrender in the money laundering case.

Special judge Ajay Kumar Kuhar dismissed his plea. The Enforcement Directorate had told the court on Thursday that the union finance minister’s arrest was needed in the INX Media money laundering case and it will do so at an appropriate time, PTI reported.