New Delhi: Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Friday filed a charge sheet against former communications minister Dayanidhi Maran and five others involved in a money laundering case related to the Aircel-Maxis deal.

The charge sheet was filed before Special Judge O.P. Saini, who has fixed January 18 for further hearing. ED has named Maran, his brothers Kalanithi Maran, Kalanithi's wife Kavery Kalanithi, company South Asia FM Ltd. (SAFL) and its managing director K. Shanmugam and firm Sun Direct TV Pvt. Ltd. (SDTPL) for money laundering of Rs.742.58 crore.