Dayalu ‘clueless’ about funds
Dayalu Ammal, wife of Tamil Nadu CM M Karunanidhi and additional director of Kalaignar TV Pvt Ltd, has told CBI she was not aware of the source of Rs 200 crore which came to the channel.
NEW DELHI: Dayalu Ammal, wife of Tamil Nadu CM M Karunanidhi and additional director of Kalaignar TV Pvt Ltd, has told CBI she was not aware of the source of Rs 200 crore which came to the channel. She has also disclaimed any responsibility for the day-today affairs of the firm.
Ammal, who has a 60% share in the channel, has been named as 143rd prosecution witness by the CBI in the case. Dayalu Ammal told CBI that she can understand only Tamil and cannot read, write, speak or even understand any other language and that this had already been conveyed to the registrar of companies while executing the incorporation documents.
‘‘ On being asked about the source of Rs 200 crore, which came to Kalaignar TV Pvt Ltd during December 2008 onwards, I state that I am not aware about the same as I am neither managing nor involving myself in the day-to-day affairs of the company,’’ Dayalu Ammal said in her statement to CBI on March 11 this year.
In the chargesheet, CBI alleged that Rs 200 crore connected with the 2G spectrum scam had travelled from a partnership firm of Swan Telecom promoter Shahid Usman Balwa to Kalaignar TV.
Ammal, who has a 60% share in the channel, has been named as 143rd prosecution witness by the CBI in the case. Dayalu Ammal told CBI that she can understand only Tamil and cannot read, write, speak or even understand any other language and that this had already been conveyed to the registrar of companies while executing the incorporation documents.
‘‘ On being asked about the source of Rs 200 crore, which came to Kalaignar TV Pvt Ltd during December 2008 onwards, I state that I am not aware about the same as I am neither managing nor involving myself in the day-to-day affairs of the company,’’ Dayalu Ammal said in her statement to CBI on March 11 this year.
In the chargesheet, CBI alleged that Rs 200 crore connected with the 2G spectrum scam had travelled from a partnership firm of Swan Telecom promoter Shahid Usman Balwa to Kalaignar TV.
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