CBI may question A. Raja from today

Dec 23, 2010 - Age Correspondent |

New Delhi

The CBI is likely to question former telecom minister A. Raja in a day or two in connection with its probe into the 2G spectrum scam. The agency had questioned corporate lobbyist Niira Radia in connection with its probe into the 2G scam on Tuesday.

According to sources, Mr Raja’s questioning may start at CBI’s headquarters on Thursday. “If Raja is not questioned tomorrow, then he will be asked to appear before CBI officials on Friday,” sources added.
The Enforcement Directorate (ED), which is also probing 2G scam, too is planning to question Mr Raja very soon and may do so after the CBI grills the former telecom minister.
A notice under Section 160 of the Criminal Procedure Code (CrPC) has already been sent to Mr Raja to appear before it for questioning either on Thursday or on Friday.
Mr Raja is expected to reach Delhi on Wednesday night. In Chennai, before leaving for the national capital, Mr Raja reportedly told reporters that he would be in Delhi for two-three days and would cooperate with the investigating agency.
The CBI recently conducted searches at the office and residential premises of Radia, former chairman of the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) Pradip Baijal and several Chennai-based companies — with which Mr Raja and his family members are allegedly linked — in connection with 2G spectrum scam.
The agency had earlier registered a case against unknown officials of Department of Telecommunication (DoT) and unknown private persons, companies and others under different sections of Prevention of Corruption Act in connection with alleged irregularities in the allotment of 2G spectrum licenses.
Besides, the ED has also started probing alleged foreign funding and transaction records of all the firms raided by the CBI in connection with 2G scam, for possible money laundering and foreign exchange law violations.
The ED has already registered a case under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act in the month of March against unknown officials of the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) and representatives of certain private companies in connection with the award of new telecom licenses in 2008.

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