Friday, March 25, 2011

Delhi based realtor and Idea CEO questioned by CBI in 2G scam case

Pursuing the investigations into the 2G spectrum allotment scam the CBI grilled Mr. Sanjeev Aga, the CEO of Idea Cellular and Mr. Amit Sarin, the chairman of Delhi-based real estate company Anant Raj Group. The CBI was probing into the allegation of transfer of money to Shahid Usman Balwa, the managing director of Swan allegedly by Amit Sarin who is said to have played a key role in this transfer. According to CBI officials 2G licences were given to Idea Cellular in 2005 for the Mumbai circle and CBI questioned Mr. Aga about those licences.

On the other hand CBI officials said that it questioned Mr. Sarin who is alleged to have transferred an amount of Rs 102 crores to Sidharth Consultancy. Sidharth Consultancy was earlier known by the name of Giraffe Consultancies. Mr. O P Saini, the special judge had last week mentioned in his order that Giraffe Consultancies Services Ltd had forged its board minutes and had shown transfer of its shares to DB Group people and relatives of Balwa on February 25, 2007. It was also mentioned in the order that ADAG had used Tiger Traders to buy majority shares of Swan Telecom and Tiger Traders was funded by Giraffe Consultancies.

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