Chargsheet against Marans filed

IN Media Watch Briefs | 10/12/2016

CBI has finally filed a charge sheet against former Telecom Minister Dayanidhi Maran and his brother Kalanithi  who owns Sun TV, and others,  for allegedly using 764 high-speed data lines at his  residence for the benefit of Sun TV when he was a minister. The charge sheet says that altogether 764 telephone numbers were provided to Dayanidhi for which no bills were raised causing a loss of Rs 1.78 crore to BSNL, Chennai and MTNL.                       

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