Enforcement Directorate (ED) today chargesheeted Former Telecom Minister Dayanidhi Maran and his brother Kalanithi Maran in connection with a money laundering case lodged in the Aircel-Maxis deal. ED, in its charge sheet filed in the Special 2G court, named the Maran brothers, Kalanithi’s wife Kavery Maran and three others, including two companies as accused.
The court has fixed ED’s charge sheet for consideration on January 18. It also asked the agency to place before it, the entire set of documents relating to the case. Last April, the ED had attached the assets worth 742 crore rupees, held by Dayanidhi Maran, Sun Group Chief Kalanithi Maran and Kavery in the case.
Earlier in 2014, the CBI also had chargesheeted Maran brothers in the case. CBI had alleged in the court that Dayanidhi Maran had forced Chennai-based telecom promoter C Sivasankaran to sell his stakes in Aircel and two subsidiary firms to Malaysian firm Maxis Group in 2006.