New Delhi, The Enforcement Directorate has summoned DMK MP Kanimozhi later this week in connection with its probe into alleged financial irregularities in the 2G spectrum allocation case. The 43-year-old daughter of former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M Karunanidhi has been asked by the agency to either come herself or send an authorised representative for submission of financial documents and recording of statement on April 26, ED sources said. Kanimozhi was last year released on bail in the 2G case and the agency is set to begin prosecution action. Kanimozhi and others have been charged by the CBI in connection with the channelling of Rs 200 crore to DMK family- run Kalaignar TV through a circuitous route. The ED had summoned her for questioning about the transfer of the Rs 200 crore to the TV channel, in which she and Kalaignar TV MD Sharad Kumar hold 20 per cent stake each. Some other transactions are also under the scanner of the ED in the 2G scam. The ED, according to the sources, had earlier scrutinised documents related to the DMK MP's income, properties and personal investments and plans to take the probe forward, they said. The ED had earlier ...
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New Delhi, After initially seeking permanent exemption from personal appearance during daily trial in the 2G spectrum scam case, DMK MP Kanimozhi withdrew her plea later on Wednesday. Kanimozhi decided not to press her application after special CBI judge O P Saini indicated that he would have to ask for the CBI's concurrence before deciding her plea and advised her to instead seek exemptions for short durations as and when there was a need. On Tuesday, Kaniomozhi's counsel had submitted a plea in court seeking permanent exemption from daily appearances in court. She said because of the requirement to be present in court, she was unable to fulfill personal and professional obligations as a mother and a political leader since she had to attend Parliament and also take care of her child. The court had issued notice to the CBI seeking a reply by March 14. Kanimozhi's legal team pointed out that the current recording of evidence related to those who appeared in the first chargesheet and so she could be exempted. However, later they withdrew the plea. Apart from Kanimozhi, others who had sought similar relief included Kalaignar TV MD Sharat Kumar and Reliance ADAG's Surendra ...
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NEW DELHI: It's been a long seven months for DMK MP MK Kanimozhi but she had been rarely found losing her cool. Tihar authorities have said she was a model prisoner who always went by the rule book. Yes, there were emotional moments in her stay - she hardly controlled her tears last month when she was denied her bail and certainly her meeting her father, former Tamil Nadu chief minister Karunanidhi in jail and her son had all had been a test of her character. But, she took recourse to spirituality, read papers and watched television and kept herself 'engaged.' "We never had any trouble with her VIP status. She has been one of the most obedient high-profile inmates and has asked for nothing so far, unlike the others,'' said an officer at the jail. On November 3, the 43-year-old Rajya Sabha MP, who is the daughter of DMK chief M Karunanidhi, had wept and hugged her mother Rajathi Ammal minutes after special CBI court rejected her bail plea in the 2G case. According to jail officials, after that Kanimozhi performed her meditations, engaging herself in introspection, spiritual empowerment and dhyan as part of the meditation lessons. These lessons are being imparted by Divya Jyoti ...
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