2G scam: CBI set to charge Raja?
The CBI probe into the 2G spectrum scam has revealed that “first-come-first-served” basis policy for issuing Unified Access Services (UAS) licences was allegedly changed into “first-compliance-with-LoI (Letter of Intent)” basis by the Department of Telecommunication (DoT) for granting the spectrum licences.
The agency is also likely to name at least four persons as accused — former telecom minister A. Raja, his then personal secretary R.K. Chandolia, the then telecom secretary Sidhhartha Behura and Shahid Balwa of Swan Telecom (now Etisalat-DB Telecom Private Ltd) — in its chargesheet to be filed on March 31.
Sources also indicated that at least three companies — Unitech, Swan and Kalaignar TV — are also likely to be named in the chargesheet.
The four accused and the three companies will be booked for forgery and cheating. The name of a Parliament member may be mentioned in the chargesheet for being a part of the telecom company, which is under scanner of the CBI.
On the role of Sadiq Batcha, an alleged business associate of A. Raja who was recently found dead under mysterious circumstances, and his firm, sources said “his name is likely to figure in the column number two (persons who could not be chargesheeted)”.
Sources further said name of Tamil Nadu chief minister M. Karunanidhi’s wife Dayalu Ammal and daughter Kanimozhi will not figure in the chargesheet which will be filed on March 31.
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