Former communications minister A. Raja, a key accused in the 2G spectrum allocation scam case, had declined to undergo lie-detector test, a CBI official who was part of the team probing the case told a special court here on Wednesday.
CBI’s deputy superintendent of police Rajesh Chahal told this to the court when he was shown a memo of February 9, 2011, by the prosecutor during the recording of his statement as a prosecution witness. “I have also been shown memo dated February 9, 2011, prepared by me. It bears my signature at point A...This memo was prepared by me for obtaining consent of accused A. Raja for lie detector test, which he declined... This memo bears the signature of A. Raja at point B, who put this signature before me,” Mr Chahal told Special CBI Judge O.P. Saini.
Raja, who is facing trial in the case, was arrested by the CBI on February 2, 2011, and he remained in CBI’s custody till February 17, 2011. Raja was granted bail by the court on May 15 2012. Mr Chahal, who is the first investigating officer (IO) to be examined as a witness, told the court that he was directed to assist Vivek Priyadarshi, the main IO, in the investigation of the case from October 2010 onwards.
Mr Chahal told the court that during the investigation in the case, he had seized some documents from Swan Telecom Promoter Shahid Usman Balwa, an accused facing trial in the case.
On being shown a March 28, 2011, letter, Mr Chahal said it was written by a DoT official.