Commencing arguments on framing of charges, Special Public Prosecutor (SPP) Anand Grover argued that Ghosh entered into a conspiracy along with then Telecom Minister Pramod Mahajan, unknown persons of the ministry and telecom firms.
Grover contended before Special CBI Judge O P Saini that telecom companies -- Hutchison Max (P) Ltd, M/s Sterling Cellular Ltd and Bharti Cellular Ltd -- who are also accused in the case, were involved in the conspiracy in getting the additional spectrum.
Arguing that an offence under the Prevention of Corruption Act was made out against Ghosh, the prosecutor alleged that the allocation of additional spectrum was "gratification" here and after he retired in May 2002, he was rewarded with a lucrative post for three years which was "specially created for him".
"After he (Ghosh) had retired, a special post was created for him for three years. It was done very quickly and signed by the authorities. In ordinary course, it is not done. It is illegal on the face of it.
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Ghosh was the Telecom Secretary between February 7, 2000 and May 31, 2002. Post-retirement, Ghosh became administrator, Universal Service Obligation Fund under DoT till May 2005.
Regarding the cellular operators, Grover claimed they had "engineered" the conspiracy with Ghosh.
During the day, the court also began hearing the arguments of Ghosh's counsel who said there was no malafide intention on his behalf and nothing illegal was done by him.