The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has filed its first charge sheet in the 2G spectrum issue, say news reports. A. Raja, former Minister of Telecommunications and IT and eight others including former telecom secretary Siddharth Behura and telecom companies Reliance Communications, Unitech Wireless and Swan Telecom were indicted in the same.
The sheet, running into about 80,000 pages, contained charges of cheating, forgery, criminal conspiracy and corruption against Raja, his private secretary R K Chandolia, Behura and Swan Telecom promoter Shahid Usman Balwa.
The CBI said that investigation into the issuing of new unified access services licences and subsequent allocation of 2G spectrum during 2008?09 has established commission of offences under Indian Penal Code and the Prevention of Corruption Act.
Others named in the charge sheet include Vinod Goenka, a director, DB Realty, Sanjay Chandra, managing director, Unitech and Unitech Wireless(Tamil Nadu) and Gautam Doshi, Hari Nair and Surendra Pipara of Reliance Telecom.
Special Judge O.P. Saini took cognizance of the CBI charge sheet and issued summons for April 13 against the accused not arrested in the case.
The CBI charge sheet said that Unitech Wireless was the biggest beneficiary in the scam. Unitech Wireless and Swan Telecom were the only two companies ineligible for allocation of 2G spectrum, it said.
Further, Swan Telecom was acting as a front company for Reliance Telecom for getting 2G spectrum, the charge sheet said.
The CBI told the court that Kalaignar TV, Cineyug Films, Green House Pvt Ltd and Kusegaon Fruits and Vegetables are also under its scrutiny.
The CBI has alleged the money connected with the 2G spectrum allocation had travelled from Balwa?s firm to Kalaignar TV through Cineyug Films and Kusegaon Fruits and Vegetables.
The charge sheet also mentions 654 documents and 125 witnesses.
