Telephone exchange ‘scam’: Wait for some more time, CBI told

CHENNAI: The Madras High Court has asked CBI to wait for some more time in the matter relating to the multi-crore telephone exchange scam case. When the case earlier came up before the Special Court for CBI case, in which former union minister Dayanidhi Maran and his elder brother Kalanidhi Maran are the prime accused, the court had asked the prosecution to wait for some more time.

Justice N Anand Venkatesh passed the oral instruction on a plea moved by Maran brothers and other accused challenging the charges framed against them by R Vasanthi, XIV additional judge for CBI cases. They alleged that the judge had failed to follow the guidelines framed by the court, while framing the charges in the case.

On January 30, Vasanthi had framed the charges against the accused under sections 120(B) (criminal conspiracy) read with 409 (criminal breach of trust), 467, 471 and 477 of IPC and sections 13(2) read with 13 (1)(c) and 13(1)(d) of PC Act.