CHENNAI/NEW DELHI/HYDERABAD:The premises of top DMK leader and former union minister Dayanidhi Maran and his elder brother Kalanithi Maran were searched by officials of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Monday in connection with the second generation (2G) telecom airwaves case, even as the party chose to remain silent on the issue.
Conducted across three cities – Chennai, Hyderabad and the national capital – the searches involved the premises of the Marans as also of Apollo Hospitals director Suneeta Reddy. A police report was also registered against the Maran brothers and some documents were seized, officials said.
“We conducted the search and seisure operations at nine places,” CBI spokesperson Dharini Mishra told IANS in New Delhi. “We have a strong case. Both brothers will be quizzed very soon,” she said, adding no case was filed against Reddy.
She, however, declined to comment if the agency proposed to take the Marans into custody.
According to the agency, similar police reports were also registered against Ralph Marshall, chief executive of Astro All Asian Networks of Britain and Maxis Communications of Malaysia that are said to have invested in Sun TV, as also T. Ananda Krishnan, said to be associated with Maxis and chairman of Usaga Tegas of Malaysia.