Dayalu Ammal has been named as the 143rd prosecution witness by the CBI in the case. According to the agency, she has distanced herself from the alleged money transfer saying that she was not "aware about any such funds and as to who arranged that".
"On being asked about the source of Rs 200 crore which came to Kalaignar TV Pvt Ltd during December 2008 onwards, I state that I am not aware about the same as I am neither managing nor involving myself in the day-to-day affairs of the company," Dayalu Ammal said in her statement to CBI on March 11 this year.
In the chargesheet, the CBI alleged that Rs 200 crore connected with the 2G spectrum scam had been routed to Kalainar TV from a partnership firm of Swan Telecom promoter Shahid Usman Balwa.
While other shareholders of Kalaignar TV -- Kanimozhi, Rajya Sabha member and daughter of Karunanidhi, and the channel's managing director Sharad Kumar, have been named as accused in the case, Ammal figures as a witness.
In her statement to CBI, Dayalu Ammal, 78, said that she had no role to play in the day-to-day affairs of the company. She also gave a certified copy of the board resolution of Kalaignar TV dated July 27, 2007, in which she was appointed as a director. She had also told the company that she "cannot offer personal guarantee for the borrowing proposed to be made for the working of the company and t best can pledge her shares if circumstances arise".
Dayalu Ammal told CBI that she can understand only Tamil and cannot read, write, speak or even understand any other language. This was intimated to the Registrar of Companies while executing the incorporation documents.
She told the agency that Rs 6 crores, which was her share of money invested in Kalaignar TV, was arranged out of the proceeds of Rs 100 crore which she got after selling her share in Sun TV Pvt Ltd to Kalanidhi Maran in 2005-2006.
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