2G scam places Nira Radia at the centre of a controversy
By siliconindia   |   Thursday, 25 November 2010, 19:10 IST
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Bangalore: The corporate lobbyist Nira Radia faced a grueling questionnaire session for about seven hours with the Enforcement Directorate regarding financial transactions and shareholding patterns of her firms. This questioning session was reasoned out to be due to the 2G spectrum allotment scam. The enquired details of Radia's firm included share holding patterns, details of her bank accounts and income tax. The questions were framed by the Enforcement Directorate based on the information collected from the 1000 pages document that had been submitted by Radia to the agency. According to the ED sources Radia's statement is important in the court along with the statement she gave in writing under Section 50 of the prevention of Money Laundering Act, which gives the Directorate the power to summon a person for examination and submission of documents. "We have recorded the statement. She (Radia) has promised to submit certain papers which she would be submitting. We would be calling her as and when required," said Prabhakant, deputy director heading the Delhi zonal unit of the ED. Radia has interacted with media persons promising her complete cooperation with the authorities. As informed by the official sources, Radia is at the centre of controversy over certain taped conversations in connection with the spectrum allocation. Her questioning started at 10:30 a.m. and ended at 5:30p.m. When questioned by reporters, Radia said that "Unfortunately, there has been mad media frenzy about the fact that I am not here. I am available for full cooperation with the authorities. The matter is presently before the Supreme Court and still sub judice and beyond this I would not like to say anything else. As stated by Radia, all the information required by ED has been dutifully provided and transparency has been maintained. But ED stated that she had cited health reasons when was summoned earlier. While the telephonic conversation between Radia and others to summon her whenever required as quoted by CBI in its affidavit presented in the Apex Court on Nov 22nd, the Directorate has issued summons to certain telecom firms as well which hold any connection to the alleged scam. The CBI announced that it will complete investigation and file a charge sheet within three months.

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