26 April,2011 08:41 AM IST | | Mid Day Correspondent
The DMK MP has also been charged under Prevention of Corruption Act for taking illegal gratification through Kalaignar TV
Dravida Munnettra Kazhagam (DMK) MP and Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M Karunanidhi's daughter Kanimozhi was on Monday chargesheeted in the 2G spectrum scam by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) which accused her of having entered into a criminal conspiracy with prime accused of the scam former Telecom Minister A Raja.
Kanimozhi (43) has also been charged under Prevention of Corruption Act for taking illegal gratification through Kalaignar TV--a channel run by the ruling DMK in Tamil Nadu--in which the money related to the 2G scam was allegedly routed.
The supplementary chargesheet filed by the agency, however, does not name the DMK supremo's wife Dayalu Ammal as an accused but mentioned her as one of the witnesses in the case. Her name had prominently figured during the investigations fuelling speculation that she could be named as a co-accused.
"Kanimozhi actively pursued with the intermediaries and DMK headquarters the matter regarding reappointment of accused A Raja as Minister of Communications and Information Technology in 2009, which clearly establishes the strong association of Kanimozhi and A Raja in the officials/political matters," the probe agency, in its 31-page supplementary chargesheet, said.
Besides Kanimozhi, four others--- Kalaignar TV Managing Director Sharad Kumar, Karim Morani, Director of Cineyug Media and Entertainment Pvt Ltd, Swan Telecom promoter Shahid Usman Balwa's cousin Asif Balwa and Rajeev Agarwal, who are Directors of Kusegaon Fruits and Vegetables Pvt Ltd--- were named in the chargesheet.
Special CBI Judge O P Saini, who took cognizance of the probe report, issued summons to Kanimozhi, Sharad Kumar and Morani for May 6. "There is enough incriminating material on record to proceed against the accused persons," the judge said. The court issued production warrant against Balwa and Agarwal for Tuesday as they are already in judicial custody since their arrest on March 29.
The second chargesheet discusses the routing of over Rs 200 crore illegal gratification from M/S Dynamix Realty to Kalaignar TV Pvt Ltd through M/S Kusegaon Fruits and Vegetables Pvt Ltd and Cineyug Films Pvt Ltd.
"The investigation has disclosed that there are number of circumstances....which together conclusively establish that the amount of Rs 200 crore paid by Dynamix Realty to Kalaignar TV Pvt Ltd through M/S Kusegaon Fruits and Vegetables Pvt Ltd and Cineyug Films Pvt Ltd, was not a genuine business transaction but in the nature of illegal gratification paid in lieu of the UAS licenses, valuable spectrum and other undue benefit given by accused public servants to M/S Swan Telecom Pvt Ltd," the chargesheet said.
