New Delhi: The DMK Rajya Sabha member Kanimozhi, an accused in the 2G spectrum case, yesterday moved the Supreme Court to have charges framed against her by the trial court quashed.
The MP, who is DMK chief Karunanidhi’s daughter, has been charged with penal provisions for conspiracy, cheating, criminal breach of trust, forgery for purpose of cheating, using as genuine a forged document, tendering of false evidence and violations of other provisions of the Prevention of Corruption Act.
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) said Kanimozhi was the direct beneficiary of Rs.2bn that the company DB Reality transferred to Kalaignar TV through two firms between December 2008 and August 2009.
Seeking that charges framed by the 2G special court on October 22, 2011 and the CBI charge sheet be quashed, Kanimozhi said she was a director of Kalaignar TV for two weeks, during June 6-20, 2007, and had nothing to do with the channel’s financial transactions.
Being a 20 percent shareholder in Kalaignar TV, Kanimozhi said she could not be held criminally liable for the acts or omissions of the firm. She said the allegations pertained to financial transactions between December 2008 and August 2009 — 18 months after she quit Kalaignar TV.
IANS
