The CBI said that a total number of 16 bank accounts were used in the transactions. The money first came from DB Realty to Kusegaon. It then went to Cineyug Film Company from where it was routed to Kalaignar TV.
Kanimozhi was summoned by the special court along with four others on Friday, which had on April 25, taken cognizance of CBI’s second chargesheet, discussing their roles in the massive scam.
She has been named as co-conspirator in CBI”s second chargesheet in the scam.
Kanimozhi, 43, has been charged under Sections 7 and 11 of the Prevention of Corruption Act. The chargesheet said the investigation into the case disclosed that money had travelled from DB Realty to Kalaignar TV.
The supplementary chargesheet filed by the investigating agency has also named as co-accused Sharad Kumar of Kalaignar TV, Karim Morani of Cineyug Films, and Asif Balwa and Rajiv B Agarwal of Kusegaon Realty.
Ruling on Kanimozhi’s Bail application posted to 13 May 2011.
Do not connect the two dates.
Tamil Nadu Assembly Elections 2011 Schedule
S. No.
Poll Event
Dates ( All 234 ACs)
1.
Issue of Notification
19.3.2011 (Saturday)
2.
Last date for making Nominations
26.3.2011 (Saturday)
3.
Scrutiny of Nominations
28.3.2011 (Monday)
4.
Last date for withdrawal of candidature
30.3.2011 (Wednesday)
5.
Date of Poll
13.4.2011 (Wednesday)
6.
Counting of Votes
13.5.2011 (Friday)
7.
Date before which election process shall be completed
16.5.2011 (Monday)
New Delhi: Some of the most dramatic testimony against A Raja in his trial for India’s largest-ever scam will come by Aseervatham Achary, who worked as Mr Raja’s Additional Private Secretary in the Telecom Ministry.
Mr Raja, who is from the DMK, is now in jail for criminal conspiracy and forgery – he is accused of selling valuable spectrum and mobile network licenses for a pittance to companies in 2008 that were ineligible.
As Mr Raja’s trial begins in Delhi, Mr Achary will serve as a star witness for the CBI, which is investigating the 2G spectrum scam. Along with six others, Mr Achary has been given special protection – given the powerful personalities involved with the 2G trial, the safety of witnesses has been cited as a concern.
NDTV has access to the statement given by Mr Achary in a Delhi court – it details Mr Raja’s relationships with some of those who allegedly colluded with him, including the owners or promoters or some of the companies he allegedly favoured – like Unitech Wireless‘ Sanjay Chandra and Swan Telecom‘s Shahid Balwa. ( Read entire statement)
Mr Balwa is now in jail for routing a Rs. 200 crore kickback to Mr Raja via a television channel in Chennai owned partly by Kanimozhi, whose father, M Karunanidhi, heads the DMK. Mr Achary says that ‘Kanimozhi made frequent visits to A Raja’s office’ and that ‘Kanimozhi was an active brain behind Kalaignar TV.’That could be damaging for Kanimozhi, who when interrogated by the CBI, suggested that she is not actively involved with Kalaignar TV’s operations, and that financial and other decisions about Kalaignar TV were made by the channel’s executives. http://www.ndtv.com/article/india/confessions-of-a-rajas-former-secretary-98010?cp
Jethmalani,how do you suppress your laughter while arguing thus?
Dealing with the CBI’s allegations, Mr Jethmalani said, “Even if we assume that A Raja (former Telecom Minister) got transferred the bribe money from Dynamix group to Kalaignar TV, no guilt is proved against me as I did not sign any of the documents on behalf of the recipient TV channel.
“Let us also assume that at his (Raja’s) instance Rs 200 crore was routed to the TV channel. What is the offence committed by me? I am only a shareholder inthe company,” he asserted .
‘no money was ever received’.
‘the money transferred was a loan,and repaid’
‘Even if we assume that A Raja (former Telecom Minister) got transferred the bribe money from Dynamix group to Kalaignar TV, no guilt is proved against me as I did not sign any of the documents on behalf of the recipient TV channel’
‘“Let us also assume that at his (Raja’s) instance Rs 200 crore was routed to the TV channel. What is the offence committed by me? I am only a shareholder in the company,”
Summoned to the special court for the first time after being chargesheeted on April 25, Ms. Kanimozhi was represented by senior advocate Ram Jethmalani, who invoked “the Victorian sense of chivalry” towards women and her “sex, motherhood, and clean record” to enlarge her on bail. Arguments on her bail plea were adjourned to Saturday when Special Public Prosecutor U. U. Lalit will respond to her claims of innocence.
CBI told the Supreme Court on Thursday that telecom companies donated crores of rupees to a Chennai-based cultural NGO – withDMK MP Kanimozhi as a director — days before they got spectrum licences on January 10, 2008 during A Raja‘s tenure as telecom minister.
Kanimozhi, member of Parliament and daughter of Tamil Nadu chief minister and DMK supremo M Karunanidhi, stands the risk of landing in Tihar jail, where former telecom minister A Raja has already been lodged.
Summoned by a CBI special court on May 6 in the 2G case, Kanimozhi’s risk became grave with the Delhi high court adjourning the hearing of the bail pleas of the five telecom executives accused in the case to May 6.
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