New Delhi: Fourteen months after the CBI first registered a case, former telecom minister A Raja, the central figure in the 2G license scam, has been questioned. CBI has grilled Raja for close to 18 hours on Friday and Saturday, confronting him with evidence that shows that his family members are associated with companies which benefited from the spectrum licenses.
Raja's brother A Kelaiperumal, his wife Parmeshwari, C A Ganpathy Subramanyam and business associate Sadiq Batcha have all been raided by CBI.
Sources say CBI suspects that the bribe money from the spectrum scam was invested in the front companies owned by Raja and his associates.
In answer to the questions by media, Raja said, "Nothing can be shared with you since the investigation is pending, can't share anything."
So, will Raja's kith and kin now face the heat? Raja's wife Parmeshwari is a director in Equss Estate – the company whose turnover went up from Rs 1 lakh to Rs 700 crore within a year.
Parmeshwari's address as per the Equus balance sheet is 2A, Moti Lal Nehru Marg, New Delhi, which is Raja's official residence.
The questions which crop up are - is Equus acting as a front for Raja? Was the bribe money responsible for the dramatic turn around in Equus Estate's fortunes?
CBI has recovered incriminating evidence from its earlier searches and before the Supreme Court deadline of February 10, it has to complete the investigation in the 2G scam.
It remains to be seen if CBI will question Raja's relatives next to unearth the whole truth?
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