Ex-ISRO Chief Madhavan Nair and others Summoned in Antrix-Devas Deal Case

New Delhi, Sept 16: A special court on Saturday summoned Former ISRO chairman G Madhavan Nair and others as accused in the Antrix-Devas deal case.

Special Judge Virender Kumar Goyal has ordered Nair, A Bhaskar Narayana Rao, the then Director in ISRO, K R Sridhar Murthy, the then Executive Director of Antrix, former Additional Secretary in the Department of Space (DoS) Veena S Rao and others to appear before the court on December 23.

The court passed the directions after taking cognizance of the CBI charge sheet filed in the matter.The Central Bureau of Investigation earlier informed the court that sanction to prosecute the former public servants had been obtained from the authorities concerned.

The agency in its FIR filed on March 16, 2015, acussed Nair and others of facilitating wrongful gain of Rs 578 crore to private multi-media company Devas by Antrix, the commercial arm of ISRO.

The case relates to leasing of S-Band, a restricted wavelength of the INSAT satellites to deliver video, multimedia and information services to mobile receivers in vehicles and mobile phones to Devas Multimedia by Antrix.