New Delhi, December 21: A special CBI court on Thursday giving an extraordinary twist acquitted all accused, including former telecom minister A Raja and DMK MP Kanimozhi, in the Rs 30,000 crore 2G spectrum allocation scam cases.
Special CBI judge O P Saini pronounced the judgment, clearing 19 accused of all charges in the Enforcement Directorate’s money laundering case which comes under the gamut of the 2G scam case.
“The Court said that the prosecution has miserably failed to prove any of its charge. Thus all accused are acquitted,” defence counsel Vijay Aggarwal said outside the courtroom soon after the shock verdict.
Former CBI Director A P Singh, who led the arrests of A Raja and corporates, expressed bewilderment on the acquittal of all accused in the 2G scam case.
Others acquitted in the case are former telecom secretary Siddharth Behura, Raja ‘s erstwhile private secretary R K Chandolia, Swan Telecom promoters Shahid Usman Balwa and Vinod Goenka, Unitech Ltd MD Sanjay Chandra and three top executives of Reliance Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group (RADAG) — Gautam Doshi, Surendra Pipara and Hari Nair.
