Former Union Minister A Raja received Rs 200 crore from Shahid Balwa: Enforcement Directorate
1 Nov 2014 2:37 AM GMT
It was a bribe to Mr Raja for the alleged grant of telecom licences
A. Raja
NEW DELHI: The ED probing the 2G scam had claimed in its chargesheet that the accused were involved in a Rs 200-crore money transaction, which was not bonafide or genuine and that it was a bribe to Mr Raja for the alleged grant of telecom licences to DB Group companies.
Besides Mr Raja, Ms Kanimozhi and Ms Dayalu Ammal, the individual co-accused in the case are Shahid Balwa, Vinod Goenka, Kusegaon Fruits and Vegetables Pvt Ltd directors Asif Balwa and Rajiv Agarwal, Kalaignar TV MD Sharad Kumar and its director P. Amirtham and Bollywood producer Karim Morani. All of them are out on bail.
The court, in its, said, “A. Raja, in connivance with M.K. Dayalu, K. Kanimozhi and Sharad Kumar, was actually inv-olved in parking the illegal gratification of Rs 200 crore received from Shahid U. Balwa and Vinod K Goenka in KTV.”
“Mr Raja was also involved in the process of refund of the proceeds of crime of Rs 223.55 crore in order to wriggle out of the charges. Mr Raja has committed the offence of money laundering as defined under Section 3 of the act,” the court said.
( Source : dc correspondent )
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