GrokTheVoid

I have been pursuing this Political and Business Bucanneer for the past 15 years over a case of open and shut fraud As telecom minister Maran, the bucanneer, installing a 1000 line secret Telephone exchange case in his home in the name of the Regional Manager of BSNL unknown to the system was a famous expose by me in the New Indian Express in 2010 He was using it for uplinking Sun TV progs and benefitting hundreds of crores. The secret phones were also national security breach as they could make any call to anyone without being monitored. At that time the DMK was in love relation with the biggest national security risk the LTTE But the buccaneer with his money political power and media power delayed a case which could he completed in months by a decade This is the 7th time the buccaneer telecom minister went to the supreme court to quash and/or delay the CBI probe into the fraud exposed in 2010 The case was investigated in 2007 by an honest inspector of CBI who used to go by scooter from Beasant Nagar to Shastry Bhavan in Chennai. He risked his life and asked for permission to file FIR. But the UPA govt of which the DMK was a constituent prevented the CBI from registering FIR I had to file a writ in Supreme court in 2014 to direct the CBI to file FIR The buccaneer went to the High coourt and then to Supreme Court and almost got the case quashed with the then Attorney General almost colluding with them The AG who had given opinion to govt that the secret phones were in breach of national security conceded in the court contrary to it I had to write a scathing article to expose the Attorney During the hearing then CJI even said it is after all 1.72 cr cable laying expenses and that can be paid by Marans and the case closed. Then I wrote an article saying that it is not a case of cable laying expenses but secret telephone exchange of over 1000 lines installed at the ministers home and used for uplinking Sun TV progs (for which a secret cable laid at a cost of 1..72 cr) the benefit in which would be hundreds of crores I also reminder the Supreme court that just months before the court had confirmed sentence on a clerk for accepting a bribe of Rs 265 declaring that corruption should not be tolerated I wrote that if a clerk has to go jail for a bibe of rs 265 the higher the stature of the corrupt greater should be the punishment That attempt to quash the case failed and the charges were framed. Then a pliable trial court first discharged them. I scathingly attacked the trial court order as perverse The Madras High court set aside the perverse order and the buccaneer minister went to the supreme court. The supreme court asked them to face the trial They delayed the trial by several years and now the trial is over and all witnesses had been examined. Then the buccaneer began another round of litigation to delay the trial by getting Madras HC to order that the present telecom secy be summoned as court witness .. an absolutely untenable order The CBI came in appeal to the SC against that order and shockingly the AG who appeared for the CBI earlier appeared for the buccaneer! Then in a detailed article the OpIndia recounted the whole case from the start and the role of the then AG and now Maran counsel opindia.com/2026/08/the-tele… After the OpIndia article the then AG didn't appear in the case The SC finally told Maran that the telecom secy may be called not as court witness but as defence witness. What is the difference If he is a defence witness his statements will be admissible against the accused Not if he is a court witness They will now.probably not call the telecom secy as defence witness Hopefully the trial will conclude soon and justice will be done ....20 years after the fraud was discovered by CBI but blocked by UPA ....16 years after it was exposed by me in the New Indian Express ...12 years after the legal battle began livelaw.in/top-stories/supre…

Mumbai never tires of talking about inclusivity and progress. Yet a few decades ago, Indians were not allowed membership at Breach Candy Club, Mumbai. Astonishingly, even today, no Indian can be on its Trust Committee- only a European living in Mumbai is allowed. The irony? The land belongs to the Maharashtra Government.

What historical fact sounds fake but is true?