February 28, 2016 7:17 AM

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Dayanidhi Maran and others summoned as accused in Aircel-Maxis case

Former Telecom Minister Dayanidhi Maran, his brother Kalanithi Maran and four others have been summoned as accused by a special court in Delhi in a Aircel-Maxis deal-related money laundering case. Special CBI Judge OP Saini said, there was enough incriminating material to proceed the case against them filed by the Enforcement Directorate (ED). The court also asked the ED to continue the ongoing investigation and file fresh complaints, if required.<br/> <br/>Beside Maran brothers, the court summoned Kalanithi's wife, Managing Director of South Asia FM Ltd (SAFL), K Shanmugam, and two firms – SAFL and Sun Direct TV Pvt Ltd (SDTPL) as accused for July 11th.<br/> <br/>ED had chargesheeted the six accused under provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act. During arguments, it claimed that there were money transactions which allegedly showed that SDTPL and SAFL had received over 740 crore rupees as proceeds of crime from Mauritius-based firms in the Aircel-Maxis deal.

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