2G Scam: CBI Might Issue Chargesheet on Kanimozhi

Published on April 25, 2011 by Anil · 1 Comment

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The CBI is likely to file a supplementary chargesheet on Monday against the family members of Tamil Nadu chief minister M Karunanidhi which includes his daughter Kanimozhi, wife Dayalu Ammal and several others for allegedly getting benefits out of the allocation of 2G spectrum to certain telecom firms.

The supplementary chargesheet, which will be the second in the case, will be filed in a Delhi court, said a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) officer, who declined to be named, on Sunday. The CBI filed the first chargesheet in the case April 2, naming DMK chief Karunanidhi's party colleague and former telecommunications minister A Raja and eight others, including three officials of the Reliance ADA Group in it.

"The CBI in its supplementary chargesheet will focus on a transaction between companies linked to promoters of DB Realty and Kalaignar TV, a broadcaster owned by the family of the Tamil Nadu chief minister," said the CBI source. In the chargesheet, as many as nine people may be accused of perpetrating various crimes under the Indian Penal Code and the Prevention of Corruption Act, the source said.

"They include DMK Rajya Sabha member Kanimozhi, her step-mother Dayalu Ammal and Sharad Kumar, all of whom are stakeholders in the broadcaster," said the source. Others likely to be named by the CBI as accused were promoters of Mumbai-based DB Realty, Shahid Usman Balwa and Vinod Goenka, Karim Morani of Cineyug Films and Asif Balwa and Rajiv B Agarwal of Kusegaon Realty, besides Raja, said the source.

The charge sheet is expected to revolve around a transaction in which over Rs 200 crore was transferred from the DB Group to Kalaignar TV. The money transfer allegedly confirmed a deal between Raja and members of the Karunanidhi family and promoters of DB Realty, who had floated their telecom arm Swan now known as Etisalat-DB. Raja, Kanimozhi and DB Realty have denied any wrongdoing.