In an unexpected judgement, special CBI court acquitted DMK leaders Kanimozhi and A Raja along with 17 others in multi-crore 2G spectrum case.
Besides Raja and Kanimozhi, the special judge also acquitted Shahid Balwa, Vinod Goenka, Asif Balwa, Rajiv Aggarwal, Karim Morani, P Amirtham and Sharad Kumar in connection with the case.
Special CBI Judge OP Saini decided the fate of the accused by saying, "I have absolutely no hesitation in holding that prosecution has miserably failed to prove any of the charges against any of the accused".
Kapil Sibal said his position that there was no wrongdoing in allocation of 2G spectrum under UPA-1 stood vindicated and that the BJP and former CAG Vinod Rai must apologise.
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.
The court, in its one-line verdict, said that the prosecution failed to provide any evidence to support the charges against accused.
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