{"id":48533,"date":"2017-06-06T06:51:21","date_gmt":"2017-06-06T01:21:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/?p=48533"},"modified":"2017-06-06T06:51:21","modified_gmt":"2017-06-06T01:21:21","slug":"illegal-phone-connections-case-maran-brothers-appear-court","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/illegal-phone-connections-case-maran-brothers-appear-court","title":{"rendered":"Illegal phone connections case: Maran brothers appear in court"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_45587\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-45587\" style=\"width: 245px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/11\/CDR-racket.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"45587\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/cdr-racket-court-grants-bail-jaipur-cop\/cdr-racket\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/11\/CDR-racket.jpg?fit=245%2C206&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"245,206\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"cdr-racket\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/11\/CDR-racket.jpg?fit=245%2C206&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/11\/CDR-racket.jpg?fit=245%2C206&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"wp-image-45587 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/11\/CDR-racket.jpg?resize=245%2C206&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Illegal phone connections case: Maran brothers appear in court\" width=\"245\" height=\"206\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/11\/CDR-racket.jpg?w=245&amp;ssl=1 245w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/11\/CDR-racket.jpg?resize=119%2C100&amp;ssl=1 119w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 245px) 100vw, 245px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-45587\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Illegal phone connections case: Maran brothers appear in court<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Former Union telecom minister Dayanidhi Maran and his brother Kalanidhi Maran, listed as main accused in the illegal telephone connections case, appeared in a CBI court here today.<\/p>\n<p>Five other accused in the case also appeared before the 13th CBI Special Judge Jawahar, who posted the matter to July 28 for framing of charges.<\/p>\n<p>The CBI had on December 9, 2016, filed a charge sheet against Dayanidhi Maran and his brother Kalanithi among others, for allegedly using 764 high-speed data lines at the former&#8217;s residence which were used by Sun TV channel, causing a loss of Rs 1.78 crore to the exchequer.<\/p>\n<p>The high-end telecommunication facilities were illegally under the service category for which bills were not raised for 2004-07.<\/p>\n<p>S Kannan, the Chief technical Assistant of SUN TV and V Gowthaman, the then Additional Private Secretary to Dayanidhi Maran, KS Ravi, Electrician of Sun TV, K B Brahmadatha and N P Veluchamy, employees of BSNL, who were arrayed as other accused today appeared before the CBI Court Judge.<\/p>\n<p>All the accused were served charge sheet copies.<\/p>\n<p>( Source &#8211; PTI )<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former Union telecom minister Dayanidhi Maran and his brother Kalanidhi Maran, listed as main accused in the illegal telephone connections case, appeared in a CBI court here today. 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