Corporate | | 2G scam: CBI custody of Rajiv Agarwal extended till April 6 | | TT Correspondent | | 05 Apr 2011 | | | Advocate Vijay Agrawal, appearing for Rajiv Agarwal, opposed the agency''s plea for extension of remand saying that his client had already been in CBI custody for the last six days and nothing remains to be disclosed now. He alleged that Agarwal is being "unfairly targeted" as other accused in the case, like Unitech Pvt Ltd MD Sanjay Chandra and officials of the Reliance Telecom Company, have not been arrested till date."
The CBI has not arrested Sanjay Chandra and others despite naming them in its charge sheet. The CBI cannot have a different scale for different persons," Agrawal said. He said that CBI has not even said in its charge sheet that how much amount was paid by others accused in the case to Raja, who has been chargesheeted by the CBI and is presently under judicial custody in Tihar Jail here.
Agarwal was arrested along with Asif Balwa, a cousin of Swan Telecom Promoter Shahid Usman Balwa, who has been chargesheeted in the 2G case, on March 29 after CBI had conducted searches at the premises of Dynamic Realty, Kusegaon Fruits and Vegetables Pvt Ltd and Cineyug films Pvt Ltd in Mumbai.Agarwal and Asif were directors of Kusegaon Fruits and Vegetables Pvt Ltd. Asif was also Director of DB Realty Pvt Ltd ,a partner of Dynamic Realty, and is presently in judicial custody.Agarwal and Asif have not been named in the first charge sheet filed by the CBI on April 2.
The agency in its first charge sheet alleged that Raja, former Telecom Secretary Siddharth Behura, Raja's personal secretary R K Chandolia, Shahid Usman Balwa and Sanjay Chandra entered into a conspiracy for manipulating the procedure for allocation of spectrum with the aim of favouring companies like Swan Telecom and Unitech Group.
Others named in the charge sheet include Vinod Goenka, a Director of Mumbai-based DB Realty, which was also the promoter of Etisalat DB, Sanjay Chandra, Managing Director of Gurgaon-based real estate company Unitech and Unitech Wireless(Tamil Nadu) Pvt Ltd and Gautam Doshi, Hari Nair and Surendra Pipara, Group Managing Director and two Senior Vice Presidents of Mumbai-based Reliance Telecom Company. |
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