Kanimozhi,
four others co-accused in 2G spectrum case
Monday April 25, 2011 05:16:48 PM,
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New Delhi: The
Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Monday named five more
people, including Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi's
daughter Kanimozhi, co-accused in the case involving the award of
second generation (2G) phone spectrum.
The supplementary chargesheet, the second thus far, filed by the
premier probe agency in a special court here also names as
co-accused Sharad Kumar of Kalaignar TV, Karim Morani of Cineyug
Films, and Asif Balwa and Rajiv B. Agarwal of Kusegaon Realty.
"I don't want to comment now," Kanimozhi told IANS in Chennai.
Dayalu Ammal, wife of Karunanidhi and stepmother of Rajya Sabha
member Kanimozhi, does not figure in the charges filed Monday as
speculated by a section of the media.
The probe agency had first named as accused former communications
minister A. Raja, his personal aide R.K. Chandolia, former telecom
secretary Siddhartha Behura and Swan Telecom promoter Shahid Balwa.
Later, five more corporate executives were added to the list as
co-accused -- Vinod Goenka of Swan Telecom, Sanjay Chandra of
Unitech and three officials of Anil Ambani Group: Gautam Doshi,
Hari Nair and Surendra Pipara.
All nine are in judicial custody.
The case involves award of telecom spectrum to private players,
which the investigative agency says was done in a fraudulent
manner, causing losses worth billions of rupees to the exchequer.
The case had taken a serious turn after Raja, a leader of the DMK,
resigned Nov 14 as communications minister. This was after the
official auditor held that his policy on spectrum allocation had
led to a loss of several billion dollars to the exchequer.
While the former minister was arrested by the probe agency in the
national capital Feb 2, along with Behura and Chandolia, Swan
Telecom promoter Balwa was arrested from Pune on Feb 8.
Raja, his aide and officials from the Department of Telecom (DoT)
face charges for their roles in awarding radio frequency. The
former minister also faces charges of forgery, while Chandolia and
Behura have been accused of misusing their official positions.
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