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2G witnesses called ‘unauthorizedly,suspiciously’

At this rate the accused and witnesses might even sue the CBI for interrupting them in their legal vocation of bribing and cheating!

The CBI should have invented a reason to throw these guys ,including Raja and Kanimozhi for lodging them in jail under Goondas Act.

A Delhi court today asked CBI to file its response to the allegation of an accused in the 2G spectrum allocation scam case that the agency resorted to an “unhealthy practice” of calling a witness “unofficially” to its office in a bid to “tamper” with the evidence.

Special CBI Judge O P Saini issued a notice to the agency seeking its response by November 23 on a plea filed by Vinod Goenka, a director of Swan Telecom and an accused in the case.

Advocate Majid Memon, appearing for Goenka, filed the application saying prosecution witness A N Sethuraman, Group President of Reliance ADA Group, was “unauthorisedly” and “suspiciously” called by CBI two days before recording of his statement on November 11 in the court.

This was done in the name of refreshing his memory and it amounted to interfering with the trial in an illegal manner, Memon alleged.

The allegation also got the support from Sethuraman, whose cross examination concluded today as he testified “the CBI official did say to me to follow whatever I had earlier stated in my statement (given to the agency).”

“It has transpired in the cross-examination of Sethuraman that shortly before giving of evidence, the witness (Sethuraman) was suspiciously and unauthorisedly invited to the CBI office by a CBI officer and was given his statement under section 161 CrPC to be read for the first time. This is impermissible in law.

http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/news-by-industry/telecom/2g-scamcbi-to-respond-to-allegation-of-influencing-witnesses/articleshow/10769294.cms

18 Nov 2011

Papers Missing from 2G files,Supreme Court.

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The said document has reference o the fact that the TRAI has recommended ‘level playing field for the new entrants, thus implying old norms have to be discarded.

This nails the recent statement of TRAI that it has not said anything about new set of Rules to DoT or Finance Ministry.

The page could also contain information about the role of the then Finance Minister, P.Chidambaram.

Is this a leak organised by Pranab Mukherjee after ‘patch up’ with Chidambaram.

Note that these actions on the part of CBI are after Sonia became active.

Papers are lost in Adash Society scam,CWG ,Paperless discussions on 2G and now 2G papers ?

What a blatant criminal Act?

Hope CBI officer does not go missing as in the case of the officer who investigated Nagarvala case.

‘Last week, Chief Information Commissioner Wajahat Habibullah directed the concerned ministry to provide one of the witnesses of the Nagarwala case the transcripts of his testimony within the next 10 days.

‘The voice of Nagarwala has come back to haunt public memory 30 years after it fooled a chief cashier at State Bank of India to part with Rs 60 lakh.

Rustom Suhrab Nagarwala, an ex-army captain and intelligence officer, for reasons still unknown, called the bank’s Parliament Street branch on May 24, 1971. On the other end of the line was chief cashier Ved Prakash Malhotra, who heard the “voice of Prime Minister Indira Gandhi” instructing him to withdraw Rs 60 lakh and hand it over to a “Bangladeshi”. Times were tense, with India on the threshold of a war with Bangladesh. Malhotra did not cross-check before following the voice’s instructions. Alarm bells rang for Malhotra when he learnt of the impersonation at the PM’s residence, where he had gone to get a receipt for the sum withdrawn.’

http://www.indianexpress.com/news/nagarwala-case-mystery-returns-after-three-decades/400972/1

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1971_Nagarwala_scandal

( I distinctly remember that a CBI Officer who was investigating the case went missing.No reference is found in the net on this! Does any one have information on this?)

‘ CBI placed before the Supreme Court the Finance Ministry file on the issue of fixing the price of 2G spectrum in 2008 but it could not be taken on record and returned to the agency as some pages of the file were missing.

“Check the pages. Where are the running pages”? a bench of justices G S Singhvi and A K Ganguly said when it found that some pages were missing from the file.

After drawing the attention of the CBI counsel and senior advocate K K Venugopal, the bench returned the file asking the agency to take corrective measures.

However, during the brief perusal of the file, the bench said it was inherent in the note of the then Finance Seceretary D Subba Rao that a suggestion was taken from the Army on the issue of spectrum.

The court also took note that there was a document to suggest that telecom regulator TRAI has written to the Department of Telecommunication about creating a level-playing field for the new entrant in the sector so that the new comers do not face pay more….’

http://news.oneindia.in/2011/09/30/2g-scam-fin-min-file-placed-before-sc-some-pagesmissing.html

7 Oct 2011

2G,From Criminal case to Political- Sonia Moves in.

The 2 G scam is becoming curioser..What started as a criminal case is slowly turning not into a civil case but into a Political one and also one that involves the opinions of the Ministries, thus paving the way for pitting one Constitutional Authority like CAG against Finance Ministry,CAG with DoT,MoF with DoT.

By diverting the attention to be caught in these semantics, path is cleared for arguing that the Supreme Court has no jurisdiction over what is purely an Executive decisions .

Note the earlier defense of Raja where he stated that all ,including MoF, and PMO were in the know of all his decisions and he had been given the go ahead.

The reaction of the DMK that the current position of the Government vindicates the DMK is natural and logical.

The case is heading for dismissal as things stand now, despite Swami’s valiant efforts.

Another intriguing aspect is the volte face by the CBI in the Supreme Court-there is no case against Maran in Aircel,then CBI has a case to nail Maran, TRAI and CAG ‘leaking’ documents that there is no financial loss; ‘Leak’ of Finance Ministry’s Note..

Note the timing.

The submission of CBI that there is no case against Maran, ‘leak’ of Documents earlier of PMO’s Office involving the PM have surfaced when Sonia Gandhi was away from the picture.

The moment she returned CBI says it has case against Maran, document surfaces implicating Chidambaram,Pronob saying ‘he has no comments’

Is Sonia planning to dump Chidambaram, Manmohan Singh and have Rahul Gandhi as interim PM before the next Elections?

The Finance Ministry‘s office memorandum,approved by Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee released on Wednesday by Janata Party Chief Subramanian Swamy has put the role of Home minister P Chidambaram ] under the spotlight..

The 11-page note sent to the Prime Minister’s Office is talking about the meeting in January 2008 where the then Finance Minister P Chidambaram approved of the 2G spectrum pricing. He wasn’t seeking any change in it, claims the note.

The memo written on March 25, 2011 says that if Chidambaram wanted, the 2G spectrum could have been auctioned.

On March 25, 2011, Dr PGS Rao, deputy director in the Finance Ministry has written a memo to Vini Mahajan, Joint Secretary in the Prime Minister’s Office.

The note is regarding the allocation and pricing of 2G spectrum. This explosive note was accessed by a Vivek Garg, a Right To Information activist.

Some of the revelations in the note are surely going to damage Chidambaram’s stand on the 2G spectrum issue. The case of 2G spectrum case is at a sensitive stage where a special judge of the Central Bureau of Investigation court is going to frame charges soon. The note has been released at a sensitive time.(rediff)…

http://www.rediff.com/news/report/two-g-scam-finance-ministrys-note-puts-chidambaram-in-spotlight/20110922.htm

Government and Congress on Thursday stoutly defended Home Minister P. Chidambaram facing heat from a united opposition who pressed for his resignation and a CBI probe over his stand in the controversial 2G spectrum allocation….

Mukherjee, who is in New York, declined to comment on the raging row over the “secret” note, which appeared to have raised questions on the Home Minister’s stand when he was holding finance portfolio saying the matter is “sub judice”.

“I cannot make any comment on it. The whole matter is under the scrutiny of the Supreme Court of India. We cannot make any comment on any matter that is sub judice,” he said.

The note suggested that the 2G scam could have been averted if the Finance Ministry, then under Chidambaram, had insisted on spectrum allocation through auction.

“The party does not doubt his integrity,” Congress spokesman Abhishek Singhvi said, dismissing as “junior officer’s subjective judgement” the note by Mukherjee-headed Finance Ministry….

http://www.thestatesman.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=384117&catid=35

http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/2g-note-p-chidambaram-pranab-mukherjee/1/152292.html

Both Mr Chidambaram, who was touring quake-hite areas in Sikkim, and finance minister Mr Pranab Mukherjee, who is in New York, declined to comment on the raging row over the “secret” note which appeared to have raised questions on Mr Chidambaram’s stand when he was the finance minister. Mr Mukherjee said he cannot make any remark on the matter as it is “subjudice”.
”The matter is subjudice. I cannot make any comment on it. The whole matter is under the scrutiny of the Supreme Court of India. We cannot make any comment on any matter that is subjudice,” he said. The note suggested that the 2G scam could have been averted if the finance ministry, then under Mr Chidambaram, had insisted on spectrum allocation through auction. “The party does not doubt his integrity,” Congress spokesman Mr Abhishek Singhvi said rejecting the demand for Mr Chidambaram’s resignation or for a CBI probe in the light of the finance ministry note. He said the “mischievous attempt” to create a rift between different constitutional functionaries is highly regrettable and ought not to be repeated.

http://www.thestatesman.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=384117&catid=35

http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/2g-note-p-chidambaram-pranab-mukherjee/1/152292.html

23 Sep 2011

Anil Ambani involved in 2G-R-ADAG executives.

Ambani is mentioned on more than one occasion in Radia Tapes.

Other circumstantial evidence also points out to his involvement.

Now the executives can not be more explicit than what they have indicated now.

Why the hesitation in taking action against Anil Ambani?

Please read my blog on this filed under ‘Corruption”

‘In a new twist, three senior executives of the Reliance Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group (R-ADAG) have filed bail pleas before the Supreme Court saying that they were “merely employees and not actual beneficiaries” in the alleged 2G scam.

If their bail pleas are accepted, it would imply that the true beneficiaries are their bosses – including, perhaps, group chairman Anil Ambani.

The three ADAG executives – Managing Director Gautam Doshi, and Senior Vice-Presidents Hari Nair and Surendra Pipara — filed their bail pleas last week. All three are in jail and their bail pleas will come up for hearing on 29 September.

Their new stand on bail has raised speculation about whether they are about to turn approvers for the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI).

However, this seems unlikely since on 8 June Anil Ambani himself met two of the three executives in Tihar and assured them all help with their legal cases.’

http://www.firstpost.com/politics/2g-ambani-execs-seek-bail-point-indirect-finger-at-boss-87951.html

21 Sep 2011

2G-CBI exposes TRAI’s Double-Speak.

Master double speak?

People forget there are records , unfortunately!

NEW DELHI: The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has told the CBI that former telecom minister A Raja master-minded allocation of 2G spectrum has earned profit between Rs 3,000 crores and Rs 7,000 crores for the government.

In the allotment of spectrum to 122 applicants in 22 circles, the government in 2008 had garnered Rs 12,386 crores. According to TRAI, the estimated price of the spectrum was between Rs 5,500 crores and Rs 9,500 crores.

When the CAG estimated Rs 1,75,000 crore loss to exchequer due to irregular spectrum allocation in 2008 and Union minister Kapil Sibal claimed “zero loss”, the CBI pegged the loss at Rs 30,984.55 crores in its first charge sheet filed on April 2….

In response to the CBI’s January 19 query, TRAI had set up an expert committee to determine the possible price of spectrum, year-wise from 2001 to 2008. On August 19, exactly after seven months, TRAI gave its response to the CBI.

The regulator said: “The estimates of the spectrum are in broad range, the adaptive model providing a lower estimate and the production function an upper estimate. For the terminal year, the range of estimates of the value is between around Rs 5,500 crores to Rs 9,500 crores, and the range narrows for earlier periods.”

However, TRAI conceded that “given that we are trying to estimate a value that bidders would have placed had the spectrum been auctioned, it is not unreasonable to expect variation between different approaches.”

“Given the scant data that is available to us, it is also not possible to estimate the standard of errors or the confidence of intervals for our estimates,” TRAI clarified.

“It is therefore not possible to predict with certainty the precise values of spectrum that would have emerged in an auction. The risk of error in estimates increased since the exercise is carried out retrospectively and with meager data,” it said.

http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-09-07/india/30122800_1_spectrum-trai-2g

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‘Citing para 2.73 of a Trai report dated 28 August 2007, the CBI asks Trai to clarify whether it stood by what it had recommended then. Para 2.73 reads: “In today’s dynamism and unprecedented growth of the telecom sector, the entry fee determined then (2001) is also not a realistic price for obtaining a licence. Perhaps it needs to be reassessed through a market mechanism.’’

This para from the 2007 Trai report clearly reflects the fact that the entry fee needed to be reassessed through a market mechanism for obtaining a telecom licence. The CBI is understood to have also sent a file noting of the Department of Telecom and the finance ministry, both of which had warned against selling 2G spectrum at 2001 prices.

The communications ministry allocates spectrum to private parties only after the payment of entry fees and grant of licence. A Raja and and his predecessor Dayanidhi Maran continued to sell spectrum at 2001 prices and thus caused substantial losses to the exchequer. The CBI, in its charge-sheet against Raja, had mentioned the loss was about Rs 22,000 crore, while its Director, AP Singh, had told the Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) that the loss was in vicinity of Rs 50,000 crore. Singh had also dismissed Sibal’s claim of “zero loss” as wrong when quizzed by the JPC.

Following the 2G scam, Trai had set up an expert group in May 2010 to determine spectrum pricing on the basis of techno-commercial parameters. The CBI saw an opportunity to strengthen its 2G scam case and requested the group to also determine the ‘benchmark’ price of 2G spectrum on the basis of techno-commercial parameters between January 2001 and January 2008.’

http://www.firstpost.com/politics/2g-scam-loss-cbi-quizzes-trai-for-speaking-in-dual-tone-79148.html

10 Sep 2011

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