Kanimozhi controls Kalaignar TV from behind the scenes: CBI

New Delhi, May 7 (PTI) Opposing the bail plea of
Dravida Munnettra Kazhagam (DMK) MP Kanimozhi in the 2G
spectrum case, the Indian premier investigative agency, CBI on
Saturday told a special court that she controls the affairs of
Kalaignar TV which received Rs 200 crore bribe from Dynamix
Balwa group, a beneficiary in the scam.
"Controlling mind of Kalaignar TV is Sharad Kumar but
behind the scene the person who is controlling everything in
Kalaignar TV is this lady (Kanimozhi)," Special public
prosecutor U U Lalit told the court.
Appearing before Special CBI Judge O P Saini, the
Central Bureau of Investigation(CBI) further said that
Kanimozhi and her family have got majority stake in the TV,
which received Rs 200 crore from the company which got telecom
license and spectrum illegally during the tenure of former
Telecom Minister A Raja.
Kanimozhi, the 43-year-old daughter of Tamil Nadu
Chief Minister M Karunanidhi, appeared before the court along
with Sharad Kumar.
The CBI contended that there was sufficient evidence
to prove Kanimozhi's complicity in the transaction of Rs 200
crore paid by Balwa.
"Kanimozhi and Sharad Kumar's complicity in the entire
transaction of Rs 200 crore is clearly made out," Lalit said
while pleading with the court that no lenient approach be
shown to them and that they be sent to judicial custody like
other accused in the case.
The investigating agency further submitted that the
DMK family holds 80 per cent stake in the TV and all the
decision regarding financial transaction must be known to
them.
It said that DMK Chief Karunanidhi's wife Dayalu Ammal
holds 60 per cent stake in the company but she is not actively
involved in its running which is done by Kanimozhi and Sharad
Kumar.
"If a family holds 80 per cent share in a company,
it is impossible to think that anyone other than members of
that family could run the company," Lalit said.
Kanimozhi and Sharad Kumar personally appeared in the
court in compliance with the Special Judge's order issuing
summons to them after they were chargesheeted by the CBI for
their alleges involvement in the multi-crore scam.
Noted criminal lawyer Ram Jethmalani, appearing for
the MP, had on Friday refuted all the allegation leveled
against her and passed the blame on the scandal to former
Telecom Minister A Raja, who is also a party leader.
Jethmalani also pleaded with the judge to grant her
bail on the ground that she was a woman.
"My misfortune is that I am Karunanidhi's daughter and
an MP. I have 20 per cent shares in Kalaignar TV. Show me one
overt act of mine which relates to the offence," Kanimozhi had
submitted.
She had contended that apart from having 20 per cent
shares in Kalaignar TV, she does not have any role in running
its day-to-day affairs.