New Delhi, Jul 3 : The hearing in the 2G spectrum scam, which was held up due to the summer break in the district courts here, is all set to resume tomorrow. The high-profile accused in the case, including former telecom minister A Raja, DMK MP Kanimozhi, Swan Telecom promoter Shahid Usman Balwa and 11 others, will appear before special CBI judge O P Saini, who is exclusively dealing with the case after the Supreme Court's directions. The court had held the last hearing in the case on June 10.
Till now the scrutiny of documents was going on and now, the court would commence hearing arguments of the prosecution and defence counsel.CBI has filed two charge sheets in the case indicting 17 accused, including 14 persons and three telecom companies.
The probe agency is likely to file its third charge sheet in the case by second week of July. In the first charge sheet filed on April 2, CBI has named Raja, Balwa, former Telecom Secretary Siddhartha Behura, Raja's personal secretary R K Chandolia, Unitech MD Sanjay Chandra, D B Realty promoter Vinod Goenka and three Reliance ADAG officials—Hari Nair, Surrendra Pipara and Gautam Doshi.
They were arrested for offences, including cheating, forgery and criminal conspiracy.
Apart from them, the probe agency has also made Swan Telecom, Unitech Wireless (Tamil Nadu) and Reliance Telecom an accused in the first charge sheet.
In the second charge sheet filed on April 25, the CBI indicted Kanimozhi, Kalaignar TV MD Sharad Kumar, director of Cineyug Films Pvt Ltd Karim Morani and directors of Kusegaon Fruits and Vegetables Asif Balwa and Rajeev Aggarwal for the offences, including criminal conspiracy and public persons taking illegal gratification.
In its second charge sheet, the CBI has named the five in connection to Rs 200 crore transaction in which the money was transferred in a circuitous manner from Dynamix Realty to Kalaignar TV Pvt Ltd through Kusegaon Fruits and Vegetables Pvt Ltd and Cineyug Films Pvt Ltd. PTI
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