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2G spectrum scam: Raja quizzed for 2nd day

TNN, Dec 25, 2010, 10.47am IST
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Tags:telecom sector|A Raja|2G scam
2G spectrum scam: Raja quizzed for 2nd day
NEW DELHI: Former telecom minister A Raja was on Saturday called for questioning by the
CBI for the second consecutive day in connection with the 2G spectrum allocation scam.

The DMK leader was on Friday quizzed by the agency on the controversial preponement of dates
for allocation of spectrum and alleged funding of some of the telecom companies by his kin.

47-year-old Raja was confronted with some documents recovered by the agency during its raids
on Department of Telecom offices in October last year after registering a case against unknown
officers of DoT and telecom companies.

Sources said that Raja would be confronted with some more questions and documents recovered
from the computers seized during the raids conducted by the agency earlier at his premises.

Raja had yesterday said that he had cooperated with the CBI. "I gave full cooperation to the
investigating agencies. I can't say anything further because investigations are on," he had said.

CBI spokesperson and DIG Bineeta Thakur said Raja was "questioned in relation to the case
registered into the allocation of unified access service licenses."

Raja, who had earlier expressed his inability to appear before the agency, was questioned at
length on the circumstances leading to spectrum allocation which has been criticised severely by
Central Vigilance Commission and the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG).

CBI also quizzed him on the tapped conversation he had with corporate lobbyist Niira Radia
about allegedly favouring certain telecom companies, the sources said, adding some of the
questions were also posed to him about alleged investments made by some of his kins in some
telecom companies.

Raja was forced to resign on November 14 in the wake of the CAG report which held that the
spectrum allocation at undervalued prices resulted in a notional loss of Rs.1.76 lakh crore to the
exchequer.

He was also questioned on the issue of advancing dates for allocation of spectrum and on the role
of his relatives in some of the companies which allegedly acted as a front for certain telecom
firms which got spectrum between September 2007 and January 2008.

Raja got the telecom portfolio on May 18, 2007 and again got re-elected as a Member of the 15th
Lok Sabha and continued as telecom minister from May 31, 2009 till November 14 this year
before he tendered his resignation.

Read more: 2G spectrum scam: Raja quizzed for 2nd day - The Times of India
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/2G-spectrum-scam-Raja-quizzed-for-2nd-
day/articleshow/7161201.cms#ixzz196P1aGkm