The CBI on Friday conducted searches at the premises of several serving and former officials of the Organising Committee (OC) of the Commonwealth Games in connection with its probe related to overlays contracts, worth `650 crores.

The CBI on Thursday questioned Essar Group CEO Prashant Ruia in connection with its probe related to 2G spectrum scam. The agency officials put direct questions to Mr Ruia about the alleged role of Essar in Loop Telecom, which got Unified Access Service (UAS) licences for 21 circles in January 2008.

The CBI, probing the 2G spectrum scam, on Tuesday questioned seven top officials of different private telecom companies and confronted them with the documents seized by the agency during its searches. Some of the representatives of the telecom companies were also confronted with former telecom minister A. Raja and Shahid Usman Balwa, promoter of Swan Telecom (now Etisalat-DB Telecom Private Limited). More arrests are likely in a day or two.

The CBI is likely to register a fresh FIR in connection with alleged irregularities committed in awarding Commonwealth games “village” contract by the Delhi Development Authority (DDA).

The CBI on Friday confronted Shahid Usman Balwa, MD of DB Realty and a promoter of Swan Telecom, with the former telecom minister A. Raja for the second consecutive day and quizzed them directly in relation to the share-holding pattern of Swan Telecom.

The CBI, probing the 2G Spectrum scam, on Tuesday confronted former telecom minister A. Raja with former telecom commission member K. Sridhar and asked direct questions related to the allotment of “spectrum” to those applicants who were allotted Unified Access Service (UAS) licences.

The CBI, which is investigating the 2G spectrum scam, on Saturday reportedly put direct questions to former telecom minister A.

The CBI, probing the 2G spectrum scam, on Friday confronted former telecom minister A.

With former telecom minister A.

The CBI on Wednesday arrested former Union communications minister A.