Maran brothers, others summoned as accused
31 Oct 2014 4:33 AM IST
Earlier, on August 29, the CBI has filed a charge-sheet against Maran and his brother Kalanithi Maran along with six others in a special court in the Aircel-Maxis alleged ‘dubious’ deal, which stumbled out during the investigation of 2G spectrum allocation scam.
Besides the Maran brothers, those who were named in the charge-sheet are Malaysian business tycoon and owner of Maxis Group T Ananda Krishnan, Augustus Ralph Marshall (Director of Maxis), top executives of Sun Direct TV Pvt. Ltd (owned by Kalanithi who is the Managing Director of the Group), ASTRO All Asia Networks, South Asia Entertainment Holdings Limited in Mauritius and Maxis Communication Berhad.
All of them were charged with punishable offence under section 120B (criminal conspiracy) of the IPC and under relevant provisions of the Prevention of Corruption Act. Former Telecom Secretary J S Sharma, who has died, has also been named in the charge sheet. But the CBI have informed the Court that the trial against the accused cannot be proceeded since he is no more.
The probe agency has told the Supreme Court that Maran had allegedly forced a Chennai-based telecom promoter C Sivasankaran to sell the stake in Aircel to Malaysian firm Maxis Group in 2006 owned by Ananda Krishnan.
The charge-sheet was filed a day after the Supreme Court on August 28 turned down the plea of Dayanidhi seeking to restrain CBI from filing the charge sheet, saying that investigation in the case is still going on.
Earlier, the CBI had registered the case on October 9, 2011 after the conclusion of a Preliminary Enquiry (PE) which was registered on the directions of the Supreme Court. During the course of investigation in 2G Spectrum case, the Supreme Court (vide order dated 16/12/2010) has ordered the agency to investigate the irregularities committed in the grant of licenses from 2001 to 2007 with particular emphasis on the loss caused to the public exchequer and profits to the licensees or the service providers.
Besides the Maran brothers, those who were named in the charge-sheet are Malaysian business tycoon and owner of Maxis Group T Ananda Krishnan, Augustus Ralph Marshall (Director of Maxis), top executives of Sun Direct TV Pvt. Ltd (owned by Kalanithi who is the Managing Director of the Group), ASTRO All Asia Networks, South Asia Entertainment Holdings Limited in Mauritius and Maxis Communication Berhad.
All of them were charged with punishable offence under section 120B (criminal conspiracy) of the IPC and under relevant provisions of the Prevention of Corruption Act. Former Telecom Secretary J S Sharma, who has died, has also been named in the charge sheet. But the CBI have informed the Court that the trial against the accused cannot be proceeded since he is no more.
The probe agency has told the Supreme Court that Maran had allegedly forced a Chennai-based telecom promoter C Sivasankaran to sell the stake in Aircel to Malaysian firm Maxis Group in 2006 owned by Ananda Krishnan.
The charge-sheet was filed a day after the Supreme Court on August 28 turned down the plea of Dayanidhi seeking to restrain CBI from filing the charge sheet, saying that investigation in the case is still going on.
Earlier, the CBI had registered the case on October 9, 2011 after the conclusion of a Preliminary Enquiry (PE) which was registered on the directions of the Supreme Court. During the course of investigation in 2G Spectrum case, the Supreme Court (vide order dated 16/12/2010) has ordered the agency to investigate the irregularities committed in the grant of licenses from 2001 to 2007 with particular emphasis on the loss caused to the public exchequer and profits to the licensees or the service providers.
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