New Delhi: The Supreme Court today asked former Telecom Minister Dayanidhi Maran to appear before CBI for six days, starting November 30, for questioning in the telephone exchange case.
A bench headed by Justice TS Thakur, while extending the interim relief of protection against arrest to Mr Maran, asked him to cooperate and answer the questions posed by CBI.
Mr Maran will have to remain present in the CBI office from 11 am to 5 pm during November 30 to December 5 period, it said.
The court also asked CBI to come before it if the former minister evades the questions and doesn't cooperate during the probe.
"However, we will not grant you custodial interrogation at the moment," the bench told CBI.
DMK leader Mr Maran had approached the apex court after the Madras High Court cancelled his interim anticipatory bail and directed him to surrender before CBI.
CBI had registered an FIR against Mr Maran and others alleging that over 300 high-speed telephone lines were provided at his residence in Chennai and extended to his brother Kalanithi Maran's SUN TV channel to enable its uplinking when Dayanidhi was Telecom Minister from 2004-07.
A bench headed by Justice TS Thakur, while extending the interim relief of protection against arrest to Mr Maran, asked him to cooperate and answer the questions posed by CBI.
Mr Maran will have to remain present in the CBI office from 11 am to 5 pm during November 30 to December 5 period, it said.
"However, we will not grant you custodial interrogation at the moment," the bench told CBI.
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CBI had registered an FIR against Mr Maran and others alleging that over 300 high-speed telephone lines were provided at his residence in Chennai and extended to his brother Kalanithi Maran's SUN TV channel to enable its uplinking when Dayanidhi was Telecom Minister from 2004-07.
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