The court had framed charges saying that Mr. Raja, allegedly in connivance with Ms. Kanimozhi and other co-accused, was involved in “parking” of illegal gratification of Rs. 200 crore in Kalaignar TV.

The 2G spectrum allocation scam is back to haunt DMK MP Kanimozhi, DMK leader M. Karunanidhi’s wife Dayalu Ammal, and the former Telecom Minister A. Raja. A Special CBI court in New Delhi is likely to record their statements for a money laundering case associated with the scam on Monday, along with 16 other accused, including Swan Telecom promoters Shahid Usman Balwa and Vinod Goenka.

The court of special CBI judge O.P Saini had earlier this month, handed over a 225-page questionnaire containing 400 questions to the lawyers of the accused. The court had also said if any of the questions were not understood by any of the accused, they were at a liberty to ask for clarifications. It had further assured the accused that it would facilitate the recording of statements with ease since the records of the case were very technical and huge.

A charge sheet for alleged offences under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act had been filed by the Enforcement Directorate in April 2014. Mr. Raja was reportedly in connivance with Ms. Kanimozhi, Ms. Dayalu Ammal and other co-accused involved in parking an illegal gratification of Rs. 200 crore in Kalaignar TV.

In October 2014, the court had framed charges against the 19 accused. In November 2014, the recording of statements of prosecution witnesses in the case had begun, with the ED examining 25 witnesses. It had recorded statements running into 600 pages.

This is the second case in the 2G spectrum allocation scam in which the Ms. Kanimozhi, Ms. Dayalu Ammal and the former Telecom Minister are facing trial for their alleged involvement in the scam. In the first case, they have been accused of conspiracy, forgery, cheating and criminal breach of trust under various sections of the IPC and prevention of corruption act. Ms. Kanimozhi and Mr. Raja have been out on bail.

Source: TH