Former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M Karunanidhi’s wife Dayalu Ammal is likely to appear in a city court on May 6 to depose as a CBI witness in the 2G scam case. CBI has submitted a list of prosecution witnesses to be called for recording of their statements in the case before Special CBI Judge OP Saini and 80-year-old Dayalu Ammal’s deposition is slated for May 6.
In its second chargesheet filed on April 25, 2011, CBI had named Dayalu Ammal as a prosecution witness in the case in which DMK MP and M Karunanidhi’s daughter Kanimozhi is facing trial along with others, including former Telecom Minister A Raja. The agency has said that Dayalu Ammal was having 60 per cent stake in Kalaignar TV Pvt ltd in which Kanimozhi and co-accused Sharad Kumar, Managing Director of the channel, was having 20 per cent stake each respectively.
CBI, in its chargesheet, has discussed the routing of over `200 crore illegal gratification from M/S Dynamix Realty to Kalaignar TV Pvt ltd through M/S Kusegaon Fruits and Vegetables Pvt ltd and Cineyug Films Pvt ltd. In its first chargesheet filed on April 2, 2011, CBI had said the money had travelled through a “circuitous route” through Kusegaon Fruits and Vegetables Pvt ltd, a DB group company and Cineyug Films Pvt ltd, to Kalaignar TV in which Dayalu Ammal, Kanimozhi and Sharad Kumar were having 60, 20 and 20 % shares respectively.
Ammal was not named as an accused in the case by CBI which had said that due to her advanced age and “non-understanding” of any language other than Tamil, she was only fulfilling the legal requirements of Kalaignar TV Pvt ltd in which she is one of the directors.