No relief for Karunanidhi family, charges framed against wife and daughter

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The News Minute | October 31, 2014 | 11.19 am IST It appears that DMK supremo M Karunanidhi will get no relief, as the special court trying the 2G case has framed charges against his daughter Kanimozhi and also his wife Dayalu Ammal. The court framed charges against 19 accused in the 2G spectrum scam, including Kanimozhi, Dayalu Ammal, A Raja, Swan Telecom promoters Shahid Usman Balwa and Vinod Goenka. The Enforcement Directorate has charged all the accused with conspiracy and money laundering under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act. Karunanidhi's family owns Kalaignar TV which was launched in 2007 after the family had a fallout with the Maran brothers who own Sun Network. Karunanidhi's wife MK Dayalu owns 60% in Kalaignar TV, his daughter and Rajya Sabaha member Kanimozhi owns 20%. Sharad Kumar, who was earlier a stakeholder in Gemini TV and Udaya TV, holds the balance 20% stake in Kalaignar TV. As per the ED charge sheet in 2G case, DB Realty promoter Shahid Balwa circuitously route Rs.200 crores as kickbacks in 2G scam to Kalaignar TV. Read the full story on who owns the south Indian media here: All you wanted to know about who owns Tamil news channels

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