Court reserves order on Kanimozhi's bail plea

A Delhi special court has reserved orders on DMK MP Kanimozhi's bail plea after the CBI strongly opposed it saying she is "controlling everything" in Kalaignar TV, which got Rs 200 crore from Dynamix Balwa group, from behind the scene.

Special Judge O P Saini on Saturday said the order on bail pleas of Kanimozhi and Kalaignar TV MD Sharad Kumar will be pronounced on 14^th May, a day after the results for the Assembly elections will be out.

Special public prosecutor U U Lalit, appearing for CBI, vehemently opposed her plea, saying "the controlling mind of Kalaignar TV is Sharad Kumar but behind the scene the person who is controlling everything in Kalaignar TV is this lady (Kanimozhi)."

Appearing Friday in response to the special court's summons for his alleged role in the 2G spectrum allocation scam, the 43-year-old daughter of Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M Karunanidhi had pleaded for bail and sought it on grounds of being a woman and a MP.

She also sought to shift the blame on former Telecom Minister A Raja for the 2G spectrum allocation scam.

Kalaignar TV MD Sharad Kumar too had appeared along with her and had moved court for bail.

The CBI told Special Judge Saini that Kanimozhi and her family have got majority stake in the TV channel, which received Rs 200 crore from the company which got telecom license and spectrum illegally during the tenure of Raja.

Kanimozhi, the 43-year-old daughter of Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M Karunanidhi, appeared before the court along with Sharad Kumar.

The CBI contended that there was sufficient evidence to prove Kanimozhi's complicity in the transaction of Rs 200 crore paid by Balwa.

"Kanimozhi and Sharad Kumar's complicity in the entire transaction of Rs 200 crore is clearly made out," Lalit said while pleading with the court that no lenient approach be shown to them and that they be sent to judicial custody like other accused in the case.

The investigating agency further submitted that the DMK family holds 80 percent stake in the TV and all the decision regarding financial transaction must be known to them.

It said that DMK Chief Karunanidhi's wife Dayalu Ammal holds 60 percent stake in the company but she is not actively involved in its running which is done by Kanimozhi and Sharad Kumar.

"If a family holds 80 per cent share in a company, it is impossible to think that anyone other than members of that family could run the company," Lalit said.

Kanimozhi and Sharad Kumar personally appeared in the court in compliance with the Special Judge's order issuing summons to them after they were chargesheeted by the CBI for their alleges involvement in the multi-crore scam.

Noted criminal lawyer Ram Jethmalani, appearing for the MP, had on Friday refuted all the allegation leveled against her and passed the blame on the scandal to former Telecom Minister A Raja, who is also a party leader.

Jethmalani also pleaded with the judge to grant her bail on the ground that she was a woman.

"My misfortune is that I am Karunanidhi's daughter and an MP. I have 20 per cent shares in Kalaignar TV. Show me one overt act of mine which relates to the offence," Kanimozhi had submitted.

She had contended that apart from having 20 percent shares in Kalaignar TV, she does not have any role in running its day-to-day affairs