NEW DELHI: A special court will commence hearing final arguments in a 2G scam related money laundering case in which former telecom minister A Raja, DMK MP Kanimozhi and 17 others are facing trial on Monday.

The court had fixed the case for commencement of final arguments on April 17 after concluding the recording of evidence in the case in which the Enforcement Directorate (ED) had named 19 accused, including nine firms, in its chargesheet.

ED had filed the chargesheet against the accused on April 25 last year.

The court framed charges against the accused had on October 31 last year saying that Raja, allegedly in connivance with Kanimozhi with DMK supremo M Karunanidhi’s wife Dayalu Ammal and other co-accused, was involved in “parking” of illegal gratification of Rs 200 crore in Kalaignar TV.

Raja, Kanimozhi, Ammal, Swan Telecom Pvt Ltd (STPL) promoters Shahid Usman Balwa and Vinod Goenka and 14 others are facing trial in the case. The other accused in the case are Directors of Kusegaon Fruits and Vegetables Pvt Ltd, Asif Balwa and Rajiv Agarwal, Kalaignar TV MD Sharad Kumar, Bollywood producer Karim Morani and P Amirtham. All of them are out on bail.

The court had also framed charges against accused firms STPL, Kalaignar TV, Kusegaon Realty Pvt Ltd (formerly Kusegaon Fruits and Vegetables Pvt Ltd), Cineyug Media and Entertainment Pvt Ltd (formerly known as Cineyug Films Pvt Ltd), Dynamix Realty, DB Realty Ltd, Eversmile Construction Company Pvt Ltd, Conwood Constructions and Developers (P) Ltd and Mystical Construction (P) Ltd (earlier called M/s Nihar Constructions (P) Ltd).

If convicted of the charges against them, Raja and others will face a maximum sentence of up to seven years.

This is the second case in the 2G spectrum allocation scam involving Raja, Kanimozhi and others.

TOI | Jun 1, 2015

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