CBI chargesheet names Raja, others as "chief conspirators"

Agency files charge sheet on 2G scam, names telco heads, bureaucrats

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Sarthak Ray | April 4, 2011



CBI on Saturday filed a charge sheet in the 2G scam at the designated CBI court in Delhi, naming former telecom minister A  Raja and some telco heads as the chief conspirators in what is being touted as India's largest scam.

Accusing Raja of misusing his public office and corruption, the charge sheet says that Raja favoured select telecom companies in the draw for 2G spectrum allocation, tweaking the first-come, first served policy to his ends.

Senior bureaucrats Sidharth Behura (former telecome secretary) and R K Chandolia (former private secretary to Raja) have been named as co-conspirators in the looting of public money.

DB Realty's Shaid Balwa, Vinod Goenka, three officers of the Anil Ambani group and Unitech's Sanjay Chandra have also been named in the charge sheet.

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