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Chennai:
Nearly seven years after the exposure of a clandestine operation of a
telephone exchange from former Union Telecom and IT Minister Dayanidhi
Maran’s house in Chennai for illegal transmission of data for Sun TV,
the enquiry by Central Bureau of Investigation is yet to gain ground.
The officials are still trying to gather evidence besides summoning
Sun TV and BSNL officials in Chennai or New Delhi.
A special team of CBI which was in Chennai to conduct the enquiry
moved back to New Delhi and has started summoning Sun TV officials for
investigations there.
Sources blame that it was the transfer of preliminary investigation
from Chennai to CBI in New Delhi by the UPA government that resulted
in the delay in investigation.
Interestingly, the preliminary investigation was started in Chennai as
the crime had happened here besides the persons who are alleged to
have committed or benefitted from the crime are also stationed in the
city.
“Why was the need to transfer the investigation to New Delhi. It is
not linked to the 2G scam,” a source added.
It is learnt that the investigation into the scam was progressing
smoothly and it would have been days before an FIR would have been
registered against Dayanidhi Maran in Chennai.
But then the investigation was transferred suddenly to New Delhi after
which the investigation lied low. It was only after a petition in
Supreme Court was filed by noted economist and journalist Gurumurthy
last year that the enquiry gained some momentum.
“It is just open and shut case. All trhey have to check is whether the
cables as well as the lines exist besides quizzing BSNL officials on
whose permission this special privilege was accorded to Marans,” a
source said.
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