02 April 2015

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ED attaches Rs 742 crore assets of Marans in Aircel-Maxis case

ED attaches Rs 742 crore assets of Marans in Aircel-Maxis case

ED registered its criminal case in Aircel-Maxis deal in 2012 taking cognizance of an earlier CBI FIR.

The enforcement directorate (ED) has issued an order to attach assets worth Rs 742.58 crore belonging to former Union telecom Minister Dayanidhi Maran, his brother and media tycoon Kalanithi Maran and the latter’s wife Kaveri Kalanithi in the Aircel-Maxis case.

“This attachment is issued by the directorate in respect of the offence of money laundering relating to the illegal gratification amounting to Rs 742.58 crore received by Dayanidhi Maran.

An official order said "that illegal gratification of Rs 742.58 crore was paid by the companies based in Mauritius for Dayanidhi in the two companies namely
Ms Sun Direct TV Pvt Ltd (SDTPL) and Ms South Asia FM Ltd (SAFL).
These two companies are owned and controlled by Kalanithi.
The money has been utilised by the companies in their business or investments.

"The investigation under PMLA has further revealed that promoters of the SDTPL are Kalanithi and Smt Kaveri Kalanithi.

These two persons are holding 80 per cent shares of SDTPL. The shareholders of SAFL are Ms Sun TV Network Limited (60 per cent) and 20 per cent each are Ms AH Multisoft Pvt Ltd and Ms South Asia Multimedia Technologies Ltd Mauritius."

The ED probe found that "Kalanithi is holding 75 per cent shares of Ms Sun TV Network Limited and both Kalanithi and his wife have 90 per cent and 10 per cent shareholding respectively in a company Ms Kal Comm Pvt Ltd."

The ED probe found that "Kalanithi is holding 75 per cent shares of Ms Sun TV Network Limited and both Kalanithi and his wife have 90 per cent and 10 per cent shareholding respectively in a company Ms Kal Comm Pvt Ltd."



Below is the list of the properties which are attached

1-
Kalanithi Maran’s shares worth Rs 139 crore in Sun Direct TV Pvt Ltd,
Freehold land and building owned by Sun Network TV Pvt Ltd worth Rs 266 crore,

2-
Land and building owned by Kal Comm Pvt Ltd worth Rs 171.55 crore,

3-
A fixed deposit held by Kalanithi Maran of Rs 100 crore,

4-
A fixed deposit held by South Asia FM Ltd worth Rs 31.34 crore,

5-
Fixed deposits held by Dayanidhi Maran and others worth Rs 7.47 crore

6-
Fixed deposits and mutual funds held by Kaveri Kalanithi worth Rs 1.30 crore and Rs 1.78 crore each

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