Corporate lobbyist Niira Radia was today grilled by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) at her farmhouse in the Chhatarpur area of the Capital. A team from CBI began questioning her at around 10 am, which continued till 1 pm over issues concerning her involvement in the 2G spectrum allocation.
Radia was also questioned by Enforcement Directorate (ED) for the same case over issues of money laundering. The CBI had conducted searches earlier at the official and residential premises of Radia and had found incriminating documents in the searches.
The investigative body had also summoned former telecom minister A Raja for questioning on Monday. Raja is expected to reach Delhi to meet CBI officers on Thursday. According to CBI sources, in case Raja does not appear for questioning, the investigative body is likely to send a second notice.
The Supreme Court has asked the CBI and the ED to submit status reports on their probe to it by February 10, when the 2G spectrum case will come up for hearing.
The Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) in its report to Parliament had said the allocation of 2G spectrum at under-valued prices had resulted in the loss of Rs 1.76 lakh crore to the exchequer.