The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) reiterated its stand of imposing the charge of criminal breach of trust on all the 17 individuals indicted in the 2G spectrum case.
Special public prosecutor U.U. Lalit informed special CBI Judge O.P. Saini that former Minister of Telecommunications and IT, A. Raja, his former private secretary R.K. Chandolia and former secretary, Department of Telecommunications (DoT), Siddhartha Behura held a dominion over 2G spectrum in their respective capacities and they failed to adhere to the prescribed rules while granting licenses, which amounted to criminal breach of trust.
Lalit also opposed the argument of defence lawyers that spectrum, being merely electro-magnetic waves, cannot be defined as property that was illegally disposed off by Raja in connivance with the co-accused.
Lalit said, “Where the term property is stated in a generic sense, we must keep in mind the fact that it includes all types of properties. Whenever the term property is used, one must give it as wide a definition as possible.?
He opposed the argument of the accused that the charge of cheating and criminal breach of trust cannot be invoked simultaneously.
