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J. VENKATESAN / the hindu / jUNE 02, 2011.
DMK leader and former Telecom Minister Dayanidhi Maran. File photo.
"Licences granted to Aircel by Maran on basis of a quid pro quo"
The Centre for Public Interest Litigation, whose PILs have helped drive ongoing criminal investigations into the 2G scam, moved the Supreme Court on Wednesday to demand a CBI probe into allegations that the grant of licenses to Aircel by Dayanidhi Maran when he was Telecom Minister was on a “quid pro quo” basis.
In a new petition filed through advocate Prashant Bhushan, the CPIL said Tehelka magazine in its June 4, 2011 issue had published a cover story in which “a serious case has been made out against” Mr. Maran during the time he was Telecom Minister between May 23, 2004 and May 15, 2007.
In November 2006, the DoT issued 14 Letters of Intent to Aircel, and all of them were converted into licences in December 2006. “Within three months of this”, Tehelka said, “Mr. Maran’s family owned business (Sun) received substantial investment from Maxis Group (Aircel) by taking 20 per cent equity in Sun Direct. The FIPB approved this investment on March 2 and 19, 2007. Maxis group invested a total of Rs. 599.01 crore in Sun Direct between December 2007 and December 2009 and in addition, a Maxis group company (Astro, through its wholly owned company, South Asia Multimedia Technologies Ltd) also made an investment of Rs. 11.28 crore in South Asia FM Ltd (SAFL), an FM company owned by Maran Group which had licences to own and operate 23 FM radio stations in India. These transactions show a clear quid pro quo for getting the UAS licences by Maxis group”, it alleged.
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