Raja ka band baaja

Ex-telecom minister was shocked out of his wits when the CBI arrested him after questioning sessionWhen former telecom minister A Raja walked into the Central Bureau of Investigation's headquarters on Wednesday to answer agency's fourth round of questioning, he might have never anticipated that he will be taken into the custody. In the net:u00a0 The CBI will produce Raja in court on Thursday. File picThe CBI played it smart surprising everyone, including the ex-minister himself, with their move. Sources in the CBI said that they wanted to arrest Raja on Monday itself but then postponed it as they had to wait for clearance from concerned authorities. On Wednesday, they had ostensibly planned to nab him without creating much of flutter. Arresting him from his residence would have been difficult for us. So he was called for questioning at the CBI headquarters first and then told at about 4 pm that he had been arrested, the sources said. Besides Raja, former Telecom Secretary Siddartha Behura and Raja's Personal Secretary R K Chandolia were also arrested. However, they were picked up from their houses. Sources said that in the beginning, it was evident from Raja's expressions that he had been brought to the headquarters only for questioning. But as time went by, he began to realise that it was something more than just questioning and when he was told that he has been arrested, he was simply shocked, the sources added, refusing to give further details about ex-minister's state of mind at that time.u00a0u00a0 After Raja was arrested, when MiD DAY called up at his residence, one of his family members said that the whole family was in a state of shock and they had never anticipated that Raja would be tricked by the CBI in such a way. We are not in a position to talk to anyone. He started the day as he normally does and then got ready to attend the CBI questioning. However, at about 4 pm we were told that he has been arrested, said the family member. Raja was kept at CBI headquarters along with a doctor through the night and will be produced in Patiala House court today, sources said. Learning from their past experiences, the CBI this time had ensured the presence of a doctor while Raja was being grilled. During previous sessions of questioning, Raja's health had deteriorated and he had called up his own doctor. The former Telecom minister has been booked under Prevention of Corruption Act and criminal conspiracy for alleged manipulations in procedures regarding allocation of 2G Spectrum to favour some companies. Raja arrest along with two other officials came just a week before CBI has to file its final probe report in the Supreme Court. Former Telecom Secretary Siddartha Behura, who was also held, is a 1973 batch IAS officer of UP cadre and Raja's Personal Secretary R K Chandolia, is a 1984 Indian Economic Service officer. The arrest of 47-year-old Raja, the Dalit face of DMK, a crucial ally of the Congress at the Centre, comes almost two months after his resignation as minister. His resignation had also come in the wake of Opposition protest in Parliament over his continuance in office and the Supreme Court breathing down the government's neck over investigations in the scam. Even Comptroller and Auditor General of India's report had nailed him where it was stated that Raja's allocation of Spectrum in 2007-08 had led to the presumptive loss of Rs 1.76 lakh crore to the exchequer. The CBI had filed a case against unknown officials of Department of Telecom in October 2009 and conducted searches in the Ministry but focused on Raja only after his resignation. He was convicted Telecom minister in the P.V. Narasimha Rao government , Sukh Ram, was arrested on Aug 18, 1996, after it was found that he had committing irregularities in awarding telecom contracts during his tenure as minister.The United Front government headed by H.D. Deve Gowda was in power when Sukh Ram was arrested. He was convicted to three years' rigorous imprisonment and was slapped with a fine of Rs.2 lakh on Feb 25, 2009, by a CBI special court in New Delhi. Timeline 9.45 am Left his houseu00a0 2A Moti Lal Nehru Margu00a0 in white Camry car10.00 amReached CBI headquarters at Lodhi Colony, CGO complexu00a0 01.00 pmHis relatives brought him home-made lunch 01.30 pmHe ate his lunch 04.00 pmCBI officially announced that A Raja has been arrestedu00a0u00a0 Post 4.00 pmHe was held in CBI office itself Who's in the line? After the arrest of A Raja, there is a speculation as who will be the next? Will CBI arrest Neera Radia too, whose leaked telephone conversation with various politicians, officials and media exposed how Raja had actually manipulated the policy? However, sources in the CBI said that there is nothing against Radia in the tapes, which can prove her guilty.u00a0 Source however say that this action of agency might lead to another high profile arrest; that of sacked CWG OC chairman Suresh Kalmadi

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