New Delhi, May 10 (ANI): Janata Party chief Subramanian Swamy on Thursday informed that he has been granted permission by the Supreme Court to file a petition in the Aircel-Maxis fraud case.
"Today, the Supreme Court gave me permission to file a petition on the ongoing matter of the Aircel-Maxis fraud. So far, the CBI has been investigating only two things whether Maran (Dayanidhi Maran) used pressure to force Sivasankaran (Former Aircel Chief C. Sivasankaran) to sell Aircel to Maxis. Maxis is a Malaysian company, who is headed by a man called Ananda Krishnan, who is a Sri Lankan Tamil and very close association with LTTE. And also his second wife is half French and has many other business connections," said Swamy.
"But the fact of the matter is the CBI was not investigating whether the foreign investment board had at any stage considered the fact that they gave clearance to the deal when the Maxis had told the Malaysian stock exchange that they had purchased 99. 3 percent of the shares of Aircel. And they pointed out that included 74 percent directly purchased and the remaining 26 percent roughly was purchased through a joint venture in which the other partner was a lady called Suneeta Reddy, and there they had the controlling interest of that company. So, in fact 99 percent is correct," he added.
Swamy further alleged that Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram failed to stop the deal despite knowing all the facts.
"And Mr. Chidambaram despite this fact being known he failed to stop this deal, as chairman of the Foreign Investment Promotion Board he signed on it and then for seven months did not write a letter till some arrangements was made with his son. So, this whole fraud has to be investigated," said Swamy.
"The court said you may file the petition and also give a copy to the CBI and (on) 17th July the matter will be heard on what progress the CBI has made," he added.
Chidambaram earlier today categorically rejected allegations levelled by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) that he and his son Karti were beneficiaries in an Aircel-Maxis telephony deal in 2006.
In a three-page letter dated April 24 to the Prime Minister, Swamy earlier said that Chidambaram should be asked to resign as Home Minister and that the CBI should include him and his son, Karti, in its investigation on the Aircel-Maxis deal.
The CBI is already investigating DMK leader Dayanidhi Maran, the then Telecom Minister, in the case for allegedly misusing his office. (ANI)
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