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2G scam: Jail for Kanimozhi as court rejects bail plea
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New Delhi 20May - DMK MP Kanimozhi and Kalaignar TV chief Sharad Kumar, named as co-conspirators in the 2G spectrum scam, were on Friday taken into custody after a special Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) court rejected their bail pleas.
CBI special judge O.P. Saini said: "Both the bail applications (of Kanimozhi and Sharad Kumar) are dismissed. As per the court orders, they are to be taken into custody."
Kanimozhi, who was accompanied in court by her husband Aravindan and was clad in an orange salwar-kurta, tried to regain her composure after the judgment was pronounced and later told her supporters that "she was expecting the decision".
Her security guard burst into tears as the judge announced his decision.
The CBI had named Kanimozhi, daughter of DMK chief M. Karunanidhi, and Sharad Kumar as co-conspirators in its April 25 supplementary chargesheet after it traced an illegal money trail of Rs.214 crore in the scam.
As the judge pronounced the verdict, co-accused -- and former communications minister -- A. Raja looked shocked. The DMK MP is already in jail in connection with the case, related to irregularities in the allocation of airwaves to telecom companies that caused huge losses to the exchequer.
CBI special judge O.P. Saini said: "Both the bail applications (of Kanimozhi and Sharad Kumar) are dismissed. As per the court orders, they are to be taken into custody."
Kanimozhi, who was accompanied in court by her husband Aravindan and was clad in an orange salwar-kurta, tried to regain her composure after the judgment was pronounced and later told her supporters that "she was expecting the decision".
Her security guard burst into tears as the judge announced his decision.
The CBI had named Kanimozhi, daughter of DMK chief M. Karunanidhi, and Sharad Kumar as co-conspirators in its April 25 supplementary chargesheet after it traced an illegal money trail of Rs.214 crore in the scam.
As the judge pronounced the verdict, co-accused -- and former communications minister -- A. Raja looked shocked. The DMK MP is already in jail in connection with the case, related to irregularities in the allocation of airwaves to telecom companies that caused huge losses to the exchequer.
She has been charged under the Prevention of Corruption Act for taking bribe through Kalaignar TV -- a channel run by DMK -- in which a sum of Rs 200 crore was routed from Shahid Usman Balwa's firm DB Realty.
Kanimozhi and Kumar had appeared in court in the morning and were told that the decision on their bail pleas would be made after 1 pm. The hearing was then adjourned till 2.30 pm.
Also present in the courtroom on Friday were former telecom secretary Siddharth Behura, Swan Telecom promoter Shahid Balwa, Raja's aide R.K. Chandolia, Vinod Goenka of Swan Telecom and Sanjay Chandra of Unitech.
Two officials of ADAG, Gautam Doshi and Hari Nair, who were also named in the charge sheet, were present in the courtroom.
Cineyug Film's Karim Morani was not present as he got exemption from personal appearance due to his ill health, while Surendra Pipara of Reliance, who is in judicial custody, was also not present in the court as he is undergoing treatment for a heart problem at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS).
Kalaignar TV channel had earlier stated that the Rs.214 crore it got was a loan and paid back with interest.
Also present in the courtroom on Friday were former telecom secretary Siddharth Behura, Swan Telecom promoter Shahid Balwa, Raja's aide R.K. Chandolia, Vinod Goenka of Swan Telecom and Sanjay Chandra of Unitech.
Two officials of ADAG, Gautam Doshi and Hari Nair, who were also named in the charge sheet, were present in the courtroom.
Cineyug Film's Karim Morani was not present as he got exemption from personal appearance due to his ill health, while Surendra Pipara of Reliance, who is in judicial custody, was also not present in the court as he is undergoing treatment for a heart problem at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS).
Kalaignar TV channel had earlier stated that the Rs.214 crore it got was a loan and paid back with interest.
2G scam: A Raja, Shahid Balwa's CBI custody extended
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The order was given by Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) special judge OP Saini.
Raja and Balwa were both remanded to four days' CBI custody by the court on Feb 10 to enable the probe agency quiz them to "unearth the conspiracy" in the 2G spectrum scam.
According to the CBI, Balwa's company Swan Telecom (a part of the Mumbai-based DB Realty) allegedly got favours in the spectrum allocation and caused the national exchequer a loss of over Rs 22,000 crore.
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Panel on 2G spectrum gives report, names officials for lapses
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New Delhi, Jan 31 (PTI) The one-man panel that went into the procedures for giving 2G spectrum between 2001 and 2009 is understood to have named former Telecom Minister A Raja and some officials close to him as being responsible for lapses in allocation of licences.
Retired Justice Shivraj Patil, who was appointed in November last year by Telecom Minister Kapil Sibal in the wake of CAG report that had found several lapses in 2G spectrum allocation, today submitted the report to the Minister.
"I have identified the officials on whose part there were deficiency or were lapses," he told reporters after submitting the report.
The report is believed to have pointed fingers at public officials, including Raja, and the then Telecom Secretary Siddartha Behura and his aide R K Chandolia. But it was not clear whether ministers and officials in earlier regime have also been blamed.
Patil said he has definitely named people in the report. Asked whether by "public officials" he implied the role of Raja, he said he would not like comment on specific names.
"I have definitely... One of the terms of reference is if there are any short comings or lapses or deficiencies in procedures applying or following, who are the public officials responsible they must be identified which is what I have done," he said.
"We have identified. It is for the government, if at all they want to propose action, to take appropriate steps," Justice Patil said.
The one-man committee was set up to look into the policies and procedures followed during the distribution of licences in 2001-2009, a period that includes the NDA regime, and ascertain if they were followed in a transparent manner. .
Retired Justice Shivraj Patil, who was appointed in November last year by Telecom Minister Kapil Sibal in the wake of CAG report that had found several lapses in 2G spectrum allocation, today submitted the report to the Minister.
"I have identified the officials on whose part there were deficiency or were lapses," he told reporters after submitting the report.
The report is believed to have pointed fingers at public officials, including Raja, and the then Telecom Secretary Siddartha Behura and his aide R K Chandolia. But it was not clear whether ministers and officials in earlier regime have also been blamed.
Patil said he has definitely named people in the report. Asked whether by "public officials" he implied the role of Raja, he said he would not like comment on specific names.
"I have definitely... One of the terms of reference is if there are any short comings or lapses or deficiencies in procedures applying or following, who are the public officials responsible they must be identified which is what I have done," he said.
"We have identified. It is for the government, if at all they want to propose action, to take appropriate steps," Justice Patil said.
The one-man committee was set up to look into the policies and procedures followed during the distribution of licences in 2001-2009, a period that includes the NDA regime, and ascertain if they were followed in a transparent manner. .
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