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CBI seeks cancellation of Dayanidhi Maran's interim anticipatory bail
Chennai, July 16 (IBNS): The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Thursday filed a petition in the Madras High Court seeking cancellation of the interim anticipatory bail granted to former Telecom Minister Dayanidhi Maran in connection with the in the Aircel-Maxis deal case.
On June 30, the high court had granted anticipatory bail for six weeks subject to the condition that Maran appears before CBI on July 1.
The CBI plea stated that Maran was not cooperating in the investigation.
Dayanidhi Maran
, accused by the Enforcement Directorate of taking bribe for Aircel deal and laundering the money, had said that assets belonging to his family have been illegally seized by the authorities.
Maran had said a sizable portion of his property and bank accounts seized by the ED is based on his earnings before the Aircel deal took place in 2007. The asset seized from him includes a fixed deposit worth Rs.100 crore.
He had been accused to taking Rs. 750 crore as bribe while he was Telecom Minister for manipulating the sale of telecom Aircel to Malayasia-based group Maxis.
Maran, however, had denied the charge saying the action against him is a "political vendetta."
In 2011, the CBI began investigating allegations that Maran, as a minister, had denied clearances and crucial licences to C Sivasankaran, the owner of Aircel, till the entrepreneur buckled under pressure to sell his firm to Maxis.
The CBI had told a Delhi court that in return, Maran and his brother Kalanithi received "illegal gratification" worth Rs 750 crore in companies owned by them as part of the Sun Group, a conglomerate of media firms owned by Kalanithi. Maran, who has also been charged in another criminal case.
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