New Delhi: DMK chief M Karunanidhi's wife Dayalu Ammal was involved in "acquisition" of proceeds of crime while his daughter Kanimozhi was associated in "parking" the money in Kalaignar TV, ED's top official told the Special 2G court on Thursday.
Deposing as a prosecution witness in the 2G scam-related money laundering case, Enforcement Directorate's (ED) Joint Director Himanshu Kumar Lal told Special CBI Judge O P Saini that Dayalu and DMK MP Kanimozhi were party to pledging of their respective shares of Kalaignar TV (P) Ltd to Cineyug Films (P) Ltd to "project the tainted money as untainted".
"M K Dayalu was knowingly a party and was actually involved in acquisition of proceeds of crime from Cineyug Films (P) Limited to Kalaignar TV (P) Limited and was actually involved in reverse flow of proceeds of crime from Kalaignar TV back to Cineyug Films....”
"She was also the party to purported pledging of shares of Kalaignar TV to Cineyug Films and purported share subscription agreement with Cineyug Films to project the tainted money as untainted," Lal said on being asked by ED's prosecutor N K Matta to explain the role of Dayalu who is also an accused in the case.
While Dayalu was holding 60 per cent stake in Kalaignar TV, Kanimozhi and Sharad Kumar had 20 per cent shares each in the channel.
Regarding Kanimozhi, Lal said she allowed pledging of her shares to Cineyug Films to project the tainted money as untainted as these shares were not physically handed over to Cineyug Films.
"She was knowingly a party and was actually involved in parking the proceeds of crime in Kalaignar TV and she was also actually involved in the reverse flow of proceeds of crime from Kalaignar TV to Cineyug Films and projecting the tainted money as untainted through documents like purported share subscription agreement, purported pledging of shares, purported ICDs etc," he said.
Kanimozhi, Dayalu along with former Telecom Minister A Raja, Swan Telecom promoters Shahid Usman Balwa and Vinod Goenka and 14 others, including nine companies, are facing trial in the case in which ED has named 30 persons as prosecution witnesses.
The court had also framed charges against accused firms--Swan Telecom Pvt Ltd, Kusegaon Realty Pvt Ltd (formerly Kusegaon Fruits and Vegetables Pvt Ltd), Cineyug Media and Entertainment Pvt Ltd (formerly known as Cineyug Films Pvt Ltd), Kalaignar TV Pvt Ltd, Dynamix Realty, DB Realty Ltd, Eversmile Construction Company Pvt Ltd, Conwood Constructions and Developers (P) Ltd and Nihar Constructions Pvt Ltd.
In the first case probed by CBI, Raja, Kanimozhi, Shahid Balwa, Goenka, Asif Balwa, Rajiv Agarwal, Morani and Sharad Kumar, along with nine others, are facing trial for alleged criminal breach of trust, conspiracy, forgery, cheating and other offences punishable under IPC and Prevention of Corruption Act.
