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Illegal telephone exchange scam: SC asks Dayanidhi Maran to appear before CBI for 7 days

Speed News Desk | Updated on: 13 February 2017, 10:38 IST

The Supreme Court today asked the former telecom minister, Dayanidhi Maran, to appear before the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) for seven days for questioning in the telephone exchange case.

Maran is being investigated for corruption into the alleged telephone exchange scam, the CBI had earlier told the apex court that Maran wasn't cooperating with them and that his custodial interrogation was must.

In October, 2015, the CBI had filed an affidavit in the apex court in which it had stated that the custodial examination of Maran was essential to ascertain the actual usage of these lines for the benefit of SUN TV.

The CBI had also mentioned that there was evidence of forging/tampering and manipulation of records and that custodial interrogation was necessary to ascertain the modus operandi of the usage of the illegal telephone exchange, to ascertain the actual usage and loss to the public exchequer.

The apex court had then asked Maran to file his reply to the CBI affidavit and had adjourned the case to 27 November.

Maran has been charged with corruption in another case linked to his term as Telecom Minister. It is alleged that Maran had refused crucial clearances to Aircel, a telecom, till the owner agreed to sell the firm to a Malaysia-based entrepreneur who allegedly made a large investment in the Sun group in exchange.

First published: 27 November 2015, 1:27 IST