Official sources said the CBI grilled Raja on his alleged investments and connections with sure firms based mostly in Chennai and a few alternative cities.
He was confronted with seized documents and asked specific queries based mostly on a similar.
The sources said names of some former bureaucrats have conjointly cropped up throughout the questioning and a lot of arrests are possible to require place soon.
Asked how soon, sources said probably by the February eight as sure info has to be worked on.
Raja along side his former personal secretary R K Chandolia and former telecom secretary Siddharth Behura were conjointly questioned on the last minute changes in spectrum policy that were place in place.
Meanwhile, the agency conjointly questioned former Deputy Director General (Access Control) of DoT A K Srivastava for many hours. Sources said the agency conjointly examined R K Gupta, another DoT official.
Raja, Chandolia and Behura were arrested by the agency on Wednesday and were remanded to 5 days of police custody by a special CBI Court yesterday.
The agency has alleged that the accused conspired with some personal firms in putting a cap on the utmost variety of applications that may well be entertained for the grant of licences.
This was against the recommendations of the TRAI, the telecom watchdog, that the competitive bidding method ought to be most well-liked over the first-come-first-serve basis, it had said within the Court.
"The DoT officers had selectively leaked the data to a number of the corporates relating to the date of issuance of letters of intent on January ten, 2008," it said, adding that as a result, solely few of the businesses were able to deposit the licence fee.
The probe agency had lodged an FIR on October twenty one, 2009 against some unknown persons within the case.
The Enforcement Directorate has conjointly registered a case underneath Prevention of cash Laundering Act (PMLA) and is running a parallel probe.
Kalmadi has, like DMK's A Raja did in the 2G spectrum allocation case, responded by cogent his disability to be at the CBI address immediately. Kalmadi has approved time till January 3 and bureau sources said the Pune MP had claimed he did not accept time until then.
While CBI is searching to try and get to the basal of the Queen's Baton Relay (QBR) and timing, scoring and after-effects affairs area abandonment rules were abandoned and assertive firms were paid in excess, Kalmadi's move to deliquesce the OC was countered by the PMO-appointed CEO Jarnail Singh.
In a annular issued on December 27, Jarnail Singh countered Kalmadi's orders by acquainted that "no official will avenue from the rolls of OC after approval of the CEO". The adjustment is cogent as it around takes abroad the admiral to abate admiral from Kalmadi, a move that acutely has the abetment of the PMO.
Agency sources said they accept not approved permission from Lok Sabha with attention to analytic Kalmadi. "We accept not issued any amendment to Kalmadi. He has been asked to abetment us in the delving in affiliation with the raids conducted by CBI and the blackmail letter begin from his office. His appointment has agreed to abetment us in the probe," said a CBI official.
Raja was affected to abandon endure ages afterwards the government's accountant said Raja's behavior amount the government abutting to Rs. 1.76 lakh crore. The address of the Comptroller and Accountant General (CAG) faulted Raja for undervaluing spectrum to favour companies who were abundantly disqualified for 2G spectrum.
Raja is acceptable to be questioned on the affair of preponing dates for allocation of spectrum and on the role of his ancestors in some of the companies which allegedly acted as a foreground for assertive telecom firms which got spectrum amid September 2007 and January 2008. He flew to Delhi on Wednesday night from Chennai and told reporters that he would abet with CBI in the probe. "I will arise afore the CBI on December 24 at 10 am. I will arise for interrogation," he said.
Key allegation of the CAG address that had accusable the above Telecom Ministe
* 2G spectrum allocated to new players at throwaway prices
* Raja abandoned admonition of PM, accounts & law ministries
* Department of Telecom (DoT) action lacked transparency, fairness
* Undue alacrity in accepting and processing applications
* Violation of 2003 Cabinet accommodation to acquiesce added spectrum at 2001 prices
* Undue allowances to RComm, allocated spectrum advanced of others
* Undue advantage accustomed to Swan Telecom in spectrum allocation
* Value of spectrum allocated above apprenticed quantity
* DoT didn't chase its own convenance of aboriginal appear aboriginal serve in letter and spirit
The Supreme Court has asked the CBI and the Enforcement Directorate (ED) to abide cachet letters on their investigations into the 2G betray to it by February 10, if the case will appear up for hearing. The CBI in its FIR had mentioned the accident as Rs. 22,000 crore based on the allegation of Central Vigilance Commission which had referred the case to it.
Earlier this week, accumulated lobbyist Niira Radia was aswell able by the CBI at her South Delhi farmhouse in affiliation with the scam. Radia, who was questioned for four hours, came beneath the scanner afterwards her taped telephonic conversations with assorted affecting humans including industrialists, politicians and journalists became public. The CBI aswell questioned above Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) arch Pradip Baijal in affiliation with the case. The bounds of Raja, Baijal and Radia were searched by the CBI beforehand this month. (With PTI Inputs)
CBI sources said the raids began at about 7 am if a aggregation over 10 bureau sleuths accompanying entered both the
premises.
Besides Kalmadi, the bounds of his clandestine secretary Manoj Bhure were aswell getting searched by the CBI. The raids comes canicule afterwards it was appear that some of the acute abstracts which could bandy ablaze on the Games deals accept gone missing with the delving agencies fearing that they could accept been destroyed or hidden.
Sources had said that the key files, which accommodate important advice on tendering, bread-and-butter allocation and
contract details, are missing from the (OC) office.
They said that CBI admiral accept begin acceptable affirmation of bent cabal by alien OC admiral in analytical with some abstracts and manipulating advice in them. CBI admiral accept fabricated a account of abstracts which are
untraceable.
The CBI had afresh accounting to the Cabinet Secretary apprising him about the charge to move out Kalmadi and his agent Lalit Bhanot from their OC posts as they were proving to be a roadblock in their investigations.
The bureau has so far filed three FIRs in affiliation with the declared irregularities in CWG and searched the residences of OC Director General VK Verma and Bhanot on November 30.
While one case is accompanying to a Rs 107-crore accord addled with a Swiss account befitting firm, the bureau had registered two added FIRs in affiliation with the arrangement accustomed to AM Films for the Baton Relay ceremonies by the OC in London.
The CBI had arrested OC's Joint Director General TS Darbari and Agent Director General Sanjay Mohindroo for their declared abetment in these deals. Former broker Jayachandran has aswell been arrested by the agency.
The BJP said the raids accept appear actual late. "We are not actual blessed with this delayed raid, but would absolutely apprehend a prompt, fair analysis and nabbing of the culprit as promised by the Prime Minister," BJP agent Ravi Shankar Prasad said.
"Why so abundant of a delay, why so abundant of abstracts getting accustomed to be confused deliberately. I anticipate this account is required....so abundant adjournment in raiding the bounds of Kalmadi, who about became a abasement for the country. It is a actual apologetic accompaniment of affairs," he said, abacus "None of the accusable should be absolved including those who accept accustomed quick approval to the boodle of accessible money".
Reacting to BJP's remarks, Congress agent Jayanthi Natrajan said, "I don't accept that CBI works to any body's agenda. The affair is that they are advancing a accurate inquiry, whatever plan is getting done, it is being
conducted in accordance with that enquiry. We don't apprehend the BJP the to accept how law takes course. Everything is a amount of political advantage for them".
"It is not accessible for an action affair to behest a time-frame in which an analysis should be committed. All that
the Prime Minister and government has said that the accusable will be brought to book and we accept complete aplomb that
this will be done," she said.
Natrajan said, "Kalmadi has been the admiral of the Indian Olympic Association that has no affiliation to the associates of that party. We said on the aboriginal day that this absolutely has annihilation to do with the affair nor is it of any affair to the party."
Former telecoms Minister will appear CBI officials on tomorrow because of the Irregular allocation of the 2G spectrum.
CBI was sent the notice to appear tomorrow in the case oof 2g spectrum allocation. They sent notice under the Indian law section 160 of the criminal procedure code to allocate the 2G spectrum
Last few month ago, A raja was forced to resign his job, because of the 2g spectrum allocation scam nearly on 1 lakh crore.
This allocation was done between 2007 sep to 2008 Jan. That was done 2 years before.
Under the Section, a person is asked to join the investigation and share all information that he or she may have about a case.
It was not clear as to when Raja has been summoned by the CBI. The premises of Raja, Baijal and Radia were searched by the investigating agency earlier this month in connection with the case.
Following allegations relating to the 2G scam, Raja had on November 14 resigned as Telecom Minister.
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The affair assumes acceptation advancing as it does afterwards addition annular of CBI searches and raids, this time in 29 places, including those of abutting aides of Rajya Sabha MP, Kanimozhi, her mother Rajathi Ammal and Raja. Several firms said to be managed by Raja's accumulation were aswell raided besides the appointment of the Tamil Maiyam, an NGO run by ancestor Jegath Gaspar Raj in the city.
With allocution of CBI acrimonious of Raja for analytic accepting strength, there were murmurs aural the DMK afresh about the call for "action" adjoin Raja – either he getting briefly abeyant from the affair or he getting bare of his affair column - in the run up to a acute accumulation election. However, there was no official account from the party.
In this case, CBI got important evendence regarding the 2G scame and also got the what is the current congress parties plans to divert the 2G scame.
After Supreme court questions, CBI raids many of the places. First CBI raids Raja's home in both places Tamilnadu and delhi.Yesterday raids nearly on 31 paces all over India.
In this yesterday raid mostly on tamilnadu DMK party persons. SO, DMK was unhappy for that incidence. Now Party leader got big headach for that incidence.
So only, Tamil NAdu CM went to ellagiri visit and discuss the parties suituvation in the forth comming election.
CBI came to Nira radia office and home, they raids regarding tap issue ad also the 2G issue.
CBI also raids the Telecom secretary Pradeep Baijal residence and his office. Not only these 2 locations.CBI raids on whole over tamilnadu nearly on 27 location. Now, Raids based on the 2G After Raja's Home raids.
Last few days before CBI raids on Raja's home.
We are not hesitate to sack Raja when he is guilty in the telecom issue.
Also Karunanidh said, former telecom minister done his job without any problem. So, he is no wrong on his job and also he followed the TRAI rules.
DMK supprots Raja to continue as a DMK persion until unless CBI take on any action.
DMK leader also confused in the Raja's issue. He is 2 mined Raja's matter. He is thiniking it will affect 2011 assembly election.so, DMK is safe. If Raja found as guilty, DMK sack him for the purpose of 2011 assembly election.
