CBI traces source of arms procurement
Following Friday’s haul of arms and ammunition and even explosives from a house at Sandeshkhali by a joint search by the CBI and NSG, the procurement of the recovered arms are now under the scanner of the CBI.
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) which probed the alleged 2G scam said that it will study the verdict that has acquitted all accused and take legal opinion before deciding future course of action, officials said on Thursday.
“We are yet to receive complete judgement. We will study it, take legal opinion and decide future action,” the CBI spokesperson said.
The reaction came after Special Judge OP Saini acquitted all the accused, including then Telecom Minister A. Raja and DMK MP Kanimohi, in both the cases filed by the premier investigative agency and the Enforcement Directorate (ED).
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The alleged scam on the issuance of licences and allocation of 2G spectrum by the Department of Telecom occurred during the Congress-led UPA government’s first tenure in 2008 but was widely reported in 2010 following a report by the Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG).
Vindicated by the acquittal of all accused in the alleged 2G spectrum scam case, former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Thursday said the entire case was a “massive propaganda” against his government.
Former UPA ministers Kapil Sibal, Manish Tewari and Veerappa Moily say former CAG Vinod Rai — who had pegged the loss to the exchequer at Rs.1.76 lakh crore — should be held accountable now.
The 2G spectrum allocation scam had rocked the UPA government and damaged the squeaky clean image of Manmohan Singh under whose watch the alleged scam took place.
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