Chennai:
Dayanidhi Maran, the Textiles Minister and a senior leader of the DMK, has denied reports that he misused his office as Telecom Minister to establish a virtual telephone exchange of nearly 300 phone lines at his house which were then secretly made available for use to Sun TV, which is owned by his brother, Kalanidhi.
A statement from Mr Maran's lawyer also declared that he is suing a Tamil newspaper that has repeatedly reported that Mr Maran cost the country hundreds of crores through the alleged telecom scam.
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