The Madras High Court on Monday cancelled former Telecom Minister Dayanidhi Maran’s interim anticipatory bail in the alleged illegal telephone exchange case. The court directed him to surrender before the CBI within three days. The court passed the order after hearing arguments on the CBI plea for cancellation of Maran’s interim anticipatory bail.
CBI has registered an FIR against Maran and others alleging that more than 300 high-speed telephone lines were provided at his residence in Chennai and extended to his brother KalanithiMaran’s SUN TV channel to enable its uplinking when Dayanidhi Maran was Telecom Minister from 2004-07.
Apprehending arrest in the case, Maran had moved the court on June 30th granted him anticipatory bail for six weeks on condition that he appears before CBI on July 1 and cooperates in the investigation. CBI later moved the high court seeking cancellation of the anticipatory bail on the ground that he was not cooperating in the investigation.