RSS ideologue refutes Maran's claim of foul play in CBI investigations
Sun TV was Running a Illegal Secret Telephone Exchange, it’s a fact
Thursday, 22 January 2015 - 6:00pm IST Updated: Thursday, 22 January 2015 - 6:35pm IST | Place: Chennai | Agency: PTI
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Dayanidhi Maran claimed that CBI was trying to "fix" him
Dayanidhi Maran claimed that CBI was trying to "fix" himRubbishing allegations of former Telecom minister Dayanidhi Maran that CBI was trying to "fix" him, RSS ideologue S Gurumurthy today said the agency was only acting in accordance with an undertaking it gave in the Supreme Court.
"The action was not taken by the NDA. The CBI told the Supreme Court that it would file an FIR and that is how this case has come into being," Gurumurthy told PTI. "All this happened during 2007 and the DMK was in power as part of the UPA. My case is based on facts and I have nothing against Maran."
Tracing the origins of the case, Gurumurthy said he wrote thrice to CBI on the illegal telephone exchange and later moved the apex court.
"I went to Supreme Court in 2012 and in January 2014 the CBI told court it would file an FIR and at that time the UPA was in power," he said. "I want him to be prosecuted. No doubt. I was writing to CBI and went to the Supreme Court and all this is true. It is not correct to say that NDA government started work." Earlier today, Maran had charged that the CBI was trying to "fix" him to "please an RSS ideologue from Tamil Nadu.""How could the question of misuse of CBI arise? he asked and added that Maran was trying to fool the media and the country by his claims.
"In fact I am not happy with NDA government on this issue. The case was prolonged by six months. It should have acted the next day," he said. "It is an open and shut case and it does not require great evidence. I am surprised the NDA did not proceed expeditiously on this issue."
Stating that there was nothing new in Maran's allegations, Gurumurthy said the DMK leader was just repeating whatever he had said in 2011.
"He said he would file a defamation suit against me. Why did not he do it. I welcomed him to do it the very next day after he said he would file suit against me." Stating that it was an illegal telephone exchange, even according to the CBI, he said its existence was kept a secret.
He alleged that 323 hi-speed telephone lines were suppressed from the main system and installed at the house of Dayanidhi Maran in the name of Chief General Manager, ChennaiTelephones and by an underground cable all were linked to Sun TV.
"In one month alone, on a particular number, 48 lakh units of calls had been recorded. You cannot make 48 lakh calls. It was used for data transmission and for uplinking purposes." "No information was available with the public grievances or computer cell about the 323 ISDN lines installed at the house of Maran."
He alleged cables were laid from the house of Maran to Sun TV office surreptitiously. "These cables are still there and it cannot be destroyed. He cannot escape from law." CBI estimated that the loss could be of Rs.100 crore and I estimated it to be Rs.484 crore. "I will watch if CBI is doing its duty as a petitioner in this case."
CBI had on Wednesday arrested V Gowthaman, then Additional Private Secretary of Dayanidhi Maran, and two others in connection with alleged allotment of more than 300 high-speed telephone lines to the former Telecom Minister's residence in Chennai which were extended to his brother's TV channel.
CBI had named Maran and BSNL officials, including the then Chief General Manager K Bramhanathan and MP Veluswami in the FIR filed in October 2013.
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Telephone exchange case: Gurumurthy calls it a suppressed case
By ANI | ANI – 4 hours agoChennai, Jan. 22 (ANI): A highly respected and sought after corporate advisor S. Gurumurthy on Thursday said that the case of former telecom minister Dayanidhi Maran in connection with the alleged allotment of more than 300 high-speed telephone lines to his residence in Chennai which were allegedly extended to his brother's TV channel, Sun TV is a long suppressed case.
"This is not an old issue. It was an issue which was blocked by the UPA Government. The CBI had reported in 2007 September, the investigation had been done in June-July. They said there are some 323 ISDN high-speed telephone lines that had been suppressed from the main system, and secretly installed without being noted in the record, in Maran's house, in a boat club in the name of the then Chief General Manager of BSNL, by an underground secret cable that was linked to the Sun TV," Gurumurthy said.
"In one month alone, in one line, 4.8 million calls have passed. Multiply it by six, in six months what would have been that number and in 323 lines how much it would have been. So, the CBI calculated some 484 crores would have been the loss to BSNL because these were kept as free lines, not billed, outside the system. So, please tell us what we should do. That is what the CBI is asking for the permission to persecute," he added.
Gurumurthy also said that Maran was having the support of the DMK.
"The whole matter was kept pending, because at that time, Maran was having support from the DMK, then reached on to the DMK, then he became a minister in the Government. So everything was shut down. It is not an old matter, it was a suppressed matter," he added.
Gurumurthy further said that Maran at that time had said that he had only two ISDN lines.
"These 300 lines were a package. 2437 1,500 to 2437 1,799 constituted one 300 line package. But, when Maran resigned as minister, he wanted two numbers out of these- 24371515 and 24371616. If he wanted those two lines, then they tried to find out where are those lines and they found these lines were not available," he said.
Gurumurthy said that according to the BSNL no information was found about these numbers.
"BSNL note says that no information was available about these numbers- 24371515 and 24371616. There was no information inside the billing computer it means it was outside it," he added.
"If the Government does not act, I will go to court. I am not interested in this or that Government. I am not going to asses this case I will only ensure that the CBI and the Government acts in this case," he added.
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) had on Wednesday night arrested three persons, including V. Gowthaman, the then Additional Private Secretary to Dayanidhi Maran in connection with alleged allotment of more than 300 high-speed telephone lines.
These high speed lines were allegedly allotted to the then Telecom Minister's residence which were further extended to his brother's TV channel, Sun TV.
Besides Gowthaman, CBI has also arrested the Chief Technical Officer S. Kannan and electrician L.S. Ravi of Sun TV network.
CBI had named Dayanidhi Maran and BSNL officials, including the then Chief General Manager, in the FIR in October 2013. (ANI)
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