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CBI slams Dayanidhi Maran in SC
July 7, 2011: There is prima facie material to suggest that there is an element of coercion by the “former Telecom Minister” (Dayanidhi Maran) in Aircel selling its shares to a Malaysian telecom company, the Central Bureau of Investigation told the Supreme Court on Wednesday.
In a serious blow to Textiles Minister Dayanidhi Maran, who is facing a CBI inquiry into the allocation of spectrum licences during his tenure as communications minister, the investigative agency on Wednesday informed the Supreme Court that he had “coerced” Aircel founder C. Sivasankaran to sell his shares in the company to Malaysia-based firm Maxis in a quid pro quo for investing nearly Rs 600 crores in his brother’s company Sun TV Direct.
The CBI, in a status report submitted on the probe for the period between 2001 and 2007 into the allocation of spectrum during the tenure of three communications ministers — Pramod Mahajan, Arun Shourie and Maran — said the DMK leader had “withheld” his decision on the applications of Sivasankaran for spectrum licences for his company for a full two years in a bid to force him to sell his stake to Maxis, which is owned by T Ananda Krishnan.
Giving details of the investigation conducted so far on the Preliminary Enquiry registered for the period 2001 to 2007, the CBI said that initial enquiry revealed that the former Telecom Minister, who held the portfolio from 2004 to 2007, deliberately sat on Aircel’s licence application for months together.
Senior counsel K K Venugopal, appearing for the CBI, read out the highlights of the status report and said that the former Telecom Minister delayed the file in spite of unanimous recommendation from Department of Telecom (DoT) officials.
He said unwanted and frivolous queries were asked from Aircel to delay the file while no such queries were raised against two other companies that had applied for licences during the same period. He said “the CBI’s preliminary enquiry reveals an element of coercion in the former Minister dealing with Aircel.”
Counsel said “this gentleman (C Sivasankaran, promoter of Aircel) was forced to transfer all his shares to the Malaysian company. Only after the transfer took place in March 2006, action was taken on all the applications for licence. The Letter of Intent was issued to the Malaysian company in November 2006 and the licence was granted in December 2006.
The CBI is now probing whether there is any quid pro quo in the transaction. The CBI is also verifying the allegations by enquiring into the final share transactions which had taken place through a Singapore Bank (Standard Chartered Bank), which had been called for enquiry on July 13.”
New Chennai News Team
Dayanidhi Maran
| Dayanidhi Maran | |
|---|---|
| Thiru. Dayanidhi Maran | |
| In office June, 2009 – July 07, 2011 | |
| Constituency | Chennai Central |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 5 December 1966 Tamil Nadu, India |
| Political party | DMK |
| Spouse(s) | Priya Dayanidhi Maran |
| Children | 1 son and 1 daughter |
| Residence | Chennai |
| Religion | Hindu |
| As of September 22, 2006 Source: [2] | |
Dayanidhi Maran (Tamil: தயாநிதி மாறன்) (born December 5, 1966, Kumbakonam,Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu, India) is a member of parliament in India’s 15th Lok Sabha from Chennai Central constituency. He was also the Minister for Textiles in the Union Cabinet, and has also served as the as the Minister for Communications and Information Technology before that. He resigned from the position of Minister for Textiles due to 2G spectrum scam contraversy.
He is the son of Late Mr. Murasoli Maran and the grandnephew of Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam(DMK) president M Karunanidhi. He is the younger brother of Kalanidhi Maran, the founder and managing director of Sun Network. He is a graduate in economics.
He is an Amateur Radio Operator. His HAM Radio Callsign is VU2DMK. He had his Schooling with Don Bosco, Egmore, Chennai.
Contested and been elected twice as member of parliament from Central Chennai Constituency in Tamil Nadu as a DMK party candidate. His winning margin was of over 1,34,000 votes, i.e., 62% in the total votes polled.
He was appointed as Union Minister for Communications and Information Technology on 26 May 2004. For a quite brief time he was away from ministry. Later he was appointed as Minister for Textiles during the year 2009.
As of 2004, he is an Indian millionaire having declared assets of 16 million Indian rupees (approx. 360,000 US dollars).
On 7th July 2011, Maran quits office as CBI implicated him in the 2G Scam.
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