We were not consulted before calling Tina or Anil Ambani: CBI chief
26 Aug 2013 12:00 AM GMT
The CBI was not consulted before calling Industrialist Anil Ambani and his wife Tina Ambani as prosecution witnesses in the 2G Spectrum case and the decision was taken by Special Public Prosecutor U U lalit, says CBI director Ranjit Sinha.
The position of CBI, which is probing the 2G case, was made known on Sunday after both Anil, chairman of Reliance ADAG, and Tina appeared before a special CBI court here on 22 and 23 August separately.
Appearing before Special CBI judge O P Saini hearing the 2G spectrum case, Anil had on Thursday resiled from his statement made during the probe in February, 2011. In the case of Tina, CBI claimed that she was ‘deliberately withholding facts’ which the judge found was ‘adverse’ to the prosecution.
‘The additional prosecution witnesses were summoned by the court appointed counsel (U U Lalit) and we were not consulted about them,’ CBI director Ranjit Sinha said.
The position of CBI, which is probing the 2G case, was made known on Sunday after both Anil, chairman of Reliance ADAG, and Tina appeared before a special CBI court here on 22 and 23 August separately.
Appearing before Special CBI judge O P Saini hearing the 2G spectrum case, Anil had on Thursday resiled from his statement made during the probe in February, 2011. In the case of Tina, CBI claimed that she was ‘deliberately withholding facts’ which the judge found was ‘adverse’ to the prosecution.
‘The additional prosecution witnesses were summoned by the court appointed counsel (U U Lalit) and we were not consulted about them,’ CBI director Ranjit Sinha said.
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