2G spectrum scam judgment: CBI court acquits all accused including A Raja and Kanimozhi
CBI court acquitted 19 accused, including former telecom minister A Raja and DMK leader Kanimozhi in the ED’s money laundering case relating to the 2G scam
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A special CBI court on Thursday acquitted 19 accused, including former telecom minister A Raja and DMK leader Kanimozhi in the Enforcement Directorate’s money laundering case relating to the 2G scam. PTI
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In a strongly worded judgment, Special Judge OP Saini castigated the CBI for ”misreading” the case. “Absolutely no hesitation in holding that the prosecution has miserably failed to prove any charge against any of the accused, made in its well choreographed charge sheet.”, the judge commented. PTI
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Besides Raja and Kanimozhi, Special Judge OP Saini also acquitted Shahid Balwa, Vinod Goenka, Asif Balwa, Rajiv Aggarwal, Karim Morani, P Amirtham and Sharad Kumar in connection with the case. AP
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A number of supporters of DMK leaders Raja and Kanimozhi, who were anxiously waiting outside the jam-packed court room, broke into loud cheers as soon as the verdict was pronounced. PTI
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DMK supporters were seen bursting fire crackers outside the court complex and showered Raja and Kanimozhi with flowers as soon as they stepped out of court. PTI
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The original petitioner of the case Subramanian Swamy condemned the verdict alleging that the case was “sabotaged” by “corrupt” law officers, calling on Narendra Modi to take up fighting corruption on a war footing. PTI
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Speaking about the verdict, Arun Jaitley said the Congress should not treat the 2G verdict as a “badge of honour”. He asserted that the UPA’s 2G spectrum allocation policy was “dishonest” and designed to “promote corruption. PTI
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The alleged scam came to light in 2010 when the then Comptroller and Auditor General Vinod Rai alleged that 122 2G licences were given to telecom operators at throwaway prices without a free and fair bidding process, causing a loss of Rs 1.76 lakh crore to the national exchequer. PTI
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