2G: A Raja concludes his final arguments

Former Telecom Minister A Raja on Friday concluded his final arguments in 2G spectrum allocation scam case before a special court, claiming there was no evidence to show he was aware of the Rs 200 crore transaction between DMK-run Kalaignar TV and DB Group firm.

Raja told Special CBI Judge O P Saini that the agency has alleged that Rs 200 crore was bribe which was paid to the DMK -run TV channel in lieu of 2G licence granted to Swan Telecom Pvt Ltd (STPL) but CBI has failed to produce any evidence that he had helped in any way in the transaction.

“There is no evidence that I was aware of the fact that DMK was running a TV channel and such a transaction took place. What evidence is there that I was helping Kalaignar TV? Prosecution has gone on an assumption that just because I was a leader of DMK party so I knew who had invested money in the channel,” Raja’s counsel Manu Sharma told the court.

He argued that CBI’s allegation that Swan and Unitech had made “windfall gain” by offloading shares to foreign firms Etisalat and Telenor was completely false.