New Delhi:
The Supreme Court has asked a court investigating the 2G spectrum scam to appoint a commission to question DMK leader M Karunanidhi's wife Dayalu Ammal at her home in Chennai, on medical grounds.
The court acted on a report submitted by the AIIMS hospital, after Dayalu Ammal's daughter petitioned that she was too unwell to step out of her home.
Dayalu Ammal has been summoned by a special CBI court as a witness in the telecom case linked to the allocation of valuable 2G spectrum to ineligible companies at throwaway prices.
Her daughter Selvi had sought an exemption and told the Supreme Court that Dayalu Ammal could not respond to the summons, she had been diagnosed with behavioral problems and was losing her ability to even recognize close relatives.
Dayalu Ammal, Karunanidhi's second wife, was a director in Kalaignar TV Private Limited, which allegedly received a bribe of over Rs. 200 crore from a firm that bagged licences for spectrum at dirt-cheap prices when DMK's A Raja was Telecom Minister.
Karunanidhi's daughter and DMK Rajya Sabha member Kanimozhi is also an accused in the case.