A special court trying the 2G spectrum case on Wednesday issued summons to former Telecom Minister Dayanidhi Maran, his brother Kalanithi Maran and six others in the Aircel-Maxis case.
The CBI had in August charge sheeted them, alleging that the former Minister had entered into a criminal conspiracy with T. Ananda Krishnan, owner of Malaysian company Maxis, and coerced Chinnakannan Sivasankaran, owner of Aircel, to sell his shares to the former allegedly in lieu of investments by the foreign company through another company into Sun Direct TV Pvt. Ltd. Mr. Dayanidhi Maran is one of the promoters of Sun Direct.
The other accused in the case include Mr. Krishnan, senior executive with the Maxis Group, Ralph Marshall, and four companies, including Sun Direct TV Pvt. Ltd. The CBI had in 2011 registered an FIR in the matter stating that Mr. Sivasankaran, who had sought spectrum licence, was allegedly forced to sell his company to Maxis.
