2G scam: ED chief to brief JPC

New Delhi, Jun 8 (PTI) Chief of Indian Enforcement
Directorate Arun Mathur and officials of the Indian Finance
Ministry will brief the Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) on
the ongoing investigations into the 2G scam Wednesday.
Mathur, along with other senior officials of the
Directorate and representatives of the Department of Revenue
in the Finance Ministry, will brief the JPC separately about
the probe carried out in the spectrum scam which included
obtaining the share holding patterns of various telecom firms
from foreign shores like Mauritius and UK.
The presentation by the ED comes a day after Central
Bureau of Investigation (CBI), India's premier
investigation agency, Director A P Singh briefed the panel on
its investigations into the 2G scam.
The ED has slapped various charges of Foreign Exchange
and Management Act (FEMA) violations to the tune of over Rs
4,300 crore against top telecom firms involved in the 2G
spectrum scam including Swan, Loop and S-Tel.
Indian Telecom Regulatory Authority Chairman J S Sarma
will also make a presentation on the issue.
Sarma had begun his presentation on the functioning of
Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) and its role in
the telecom sector which was inconclusive and would continue
Wednesday.