Former Telecom Minister A Raja and his close associates R K Chandolia and Siddharth Behuria were arrested by the Central Bureau of Investigation today afternoon for their alleged role in the procedural irregularities in the allocation of 2G spectrum.
On Tuesday, the one-man panel set up to examine the procedures for awarding 2G licences between 2001 and 2009, had submitted its report to Union Telecom Minister Kapil Sibal. It is understood the panel of retired chief justice Shivaraj V Patil had named Raja and his former personal secretary Chandolia and telecom secretary Behuria for wrongdoing in his 150-page report.
“I have identified the officials on whose part there were deficiency or lapses,” Justice (retd) Shivaraj Patil had said after submitting the report, which has annexures running into 1,300 pages. However, he had refused to name the officials allegedly responsible for failing to implement the policy in a transparent and fair manner.
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