A Raja Applies for Bail in 2G Case
posted on May 9, 2012 @ 6:30PM
Former telecom minister A Raja moved his bail application in a special CBI court on Wednesday after the Supreme Court granted bail to ex-telecom secretary Siddharth Behura. His case will be heard on Friday. His lawyers say that because the evidence in the case rests in documents already submitted to the court, there is no risk of him being able to tamper with them if allowed to leave prison. Mr Raja has also said the case against him is fabricated and he expects to be acquitted.
Mr Raja has been in jail for more than a year, he was arrested in February 2011. He has been accused by the CBI of selling licenses for mobile networks and accompanying frequency at clearance rates , costing the country thousands of crores. These licenses were given in 2008 by Mr Raja to companies that he allegedly pushed to the front of a long line of applicants.