Prashant Bhushan, Supreme Court lawyer and public interest activist, who is fighting a PIL in the 2G spectrum case, alleged in the Supreme Court that the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) was not investigating direct involvement of the Tata group and its reported quid pro quo arrangement with the DMK, according to news reports.
It is believed that Bhushan also raised questions about a senior CBI official, heading the probe into the 2G issue, joining a company associated with ICC headed by a Union minister. Bhushan, appearing for the NGO, Centre for Public Interest Litigation (CPIL), alleged that several issues against the Tata Group, including the land gifted to DMK in Chennai, has not been touched by the CBI in its probe.
In response, a bench comprising justices G S Singhvi and A K Ganguly said that the CBI is not behaving in a suspicious manner and if there was any deviation in the probe, then Bhushan would get the opportunity to point it out.
The court’s remark came after the CPIL, on whose plea the CBI inquiry was directed, said the agency has questioned top officials of the Reliance ADAG Group and Essar, but it has not investigated direct involvement of the Tata Group in the case and its quid pro quo arrangement with DMK.
