Bsnl Telephone Lines Case

DMK leader Dayanidhi Maran is not cooperating in the alleged telephone exchange case and his custodial interrogation was necessary "to ascertain the actual usage" of telephone lines for purported benefit of family venture Sun TV, the CBI told the Supreme Court today.

Rejecting CBI's charges in the alleged illegal telephone exchange case against him, former Telecom Minister Dayanidhi Maran on Wednesday contended in the Madras High Court that the central agency was seeking cancellation of his interim anticipatory bail with an intention to malign him.

Former Telecom Minister Dayanidhi Maran -- who has been accused of setting up an illegal telephone exchange with over 300 lines at his Chennai residence illegally for the benefit of Sun TV -- will be questioned by the Central Bureau of Investigation today.

DMK leader Dayanidhi Maran is not cooperating in the alleged telephone exchange case and his custodial interrogation was necessary "to ascertain the actual usage" of telephone lines for purported benefit of family venture Sun TV, the CBI told the Supreme Court today.

Rejecting CBI's charges in the alleged illegal telephone exchange case against him, former Telecom Minister Dayanidhi Maran on Wednesday contended in the Madras High Court that the central agency was seeking cancellation of his interim anticipatory bail with an intention to malign him.

Former Telecom Minister Dayanidhi Maran -- who has been accused of setting up an illegal telephone exchange with over 300 lines at his Chennai residence illegally for the benefit of Sun TV -- will be questioned by the Central Bureau of Investigation today.