Illegal telephone exchange case: CBI files chargesheet against Dayanidhi Maran

New Delhi: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Friday filed chargesheet against the then telecom minister Dayanidhi Maran and BSNL officials in alleged illegal telephone exchange case.

The chargesheet has been filed in a Special Court in Chennai under IPC sections related to criminal conspiracy and forgery and relevant provisions of the Prevention of Corruption Act, CBI said.

CBI had registered an FIR against Maran and others in 2013 alleging that over 300 high-speed telephone lines were provided at his residence in Chennai and extended to his brother Kalanithi Maran's SUN TV channel to enable its uplinking when Dayanidhi was Telecom Minister from 2004-07.