Finding enough material to proceed in an Aircel- Maxis deal-related money laundering case, a Special CBI Court here on Saturday summoned former Telecom Minister Dayanidhi Maran, his brother Kalanithi Maran and four others as accused. Besides Maran brothers, others summoned were Kalanithi's wife Kavery Kalanithi, K. Shanmugam, Managing Director of South Asia FM Limited (SAFL), and two firms, SAFL and Sun Direct TV Private Limited (SDTPL).
All of them were asked to appear in the Special CBI Court on July 11. While taking cognisance of the charge sheet filed by the Enforcement Directorate, Special CBI Judge O.P. Saini said he was satisfied on perusal of the material on record that there was enough material on record to proceed against the accused persons. The court directed the ED to continue with the ongoing investigation and file fresh complaints, if required.
Enough evidence on record, says judge
A Special CBI Court here on Saturday summoned former Telecom Minister Dayanidhi Maran, his brother Kalanithi Maran and four others as accused in the Aircel-Maxis deal-related money laundering case. The accused were chargesheeted by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) under the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act. The ED had claimed that there were money transactions allegedly showing that South Asia FM Limited (SAFL) and two firms, SAFL and Sun Direct TV Private Ltd. (SDTPL), had received Rs.742.58 crore as proceeds of crime from Mauritiusbased firms in the Aircel-Maxis deal. SAFL was allegedly controlled by co-accused Kalanithi Maran.
The Central Bureau of Investigation had also chargesheeted the Maran brothers, two Malaysian nationals and four companies in the case in August 2014. All the accused have denied the charges levelled against them by the investigating agencies.
