The Delhi High Court on Tuesday issued notices to the CBI on the bail pleas of DMK MP Kanimozhi and Kalaignar TV MD Sharad Kumar in the 2G spectrum case. “Issue notice to the CBI for May 30,” said judge Ajit Bharihoke, who dismissed the bail pleas of five corporate honchos in the case on Monday.
The court also asked the probe agency to file a status report detailing the stage of investigation and the judicial proceedings in the case on the next date of hearing. Kanimozhi, the 43-year-old daughter of DMK Supremo M Karunanidhi, and Sharad Kumar had approached the high court yesterday with their bail applications after the special CBI court order their “forthwith” arrest on May 20.
Meanwhile, a Delhi court dismissed the bail pleas of Swan Telecom promoter Shahid Usman Balwa, his cousin Asif Balwa and associate Rajeev Agarwal . “All the three bail pleas are dismissed,” Special CBI Judge O P Saini said. Asif and Rajeev are the directors of a DB Realty group firm used in a “circuitous manner” for the transfer of Rs 200 crore as an alleged kickback to DMK-run Kalaignar TV.
