"Justice has prevailed," says Dayanidhi Maran

DMK leader and former Telecom minister Dayanidhi Maran, who was today discharged in the "illegal" telephone exchange case, said justice has prevailed and that he stood vindicated.

A special CBI court here discharged him, his brother Kalanithi and five other accused in the case.

Last year, a Delhi Court had cleared Dayanidhi, Kalanithi and the latter's wife in the Aircel-Maxis case.

"Once again justice has prevailed. I stand vindicated, for the second time," Dayanidhi Maran said in a statement.

He said he has been stating from day one that these cases were "politically motivated and foisted falsely, out of jealousy and business rivalry against my brother and to defame me, my family and my party."
He alleged lies were spread as news "and I was made to look like a villain. But, truth triumphed in the end."