CBI's stand on Ambani questioned; Maran, Baijal abused ranks

New Delhi, Jul 7 (PTI) India's premier investigating
agency CBI's decision not to charge sheet Anil Ambani,
Chairman of ADAG Group, in the 2G spectrum scam was Thursday
questioned in the Supreme Court by an NGO which alleged that
he was making attempts to cover up his involvement by
influencing his arrested employees.
"The three persons charge sheeted are just the
professional employees of the ADAG and are not the
beneficiaries of this scam. The real beneficiary is Anil
Ambani, who hold majority stake and is Chairman of the group
companies.
"There is no possibility of an employee of the company
having taken such an important decision of massive investments
running into hundreds of crores of rupees," said an affidavit
filed by the Centre for Public Interest Litigation (CPIL).
Central Bureau of Investigation(CBI), which has filed
two charge sheets in the 2G scam, has stated that the entire
company of Swan Telecom, alleged to be the front company of
Reliane Telecom, was held by ADAG companies through the funds
raised by Anil Ambani controlled Reliance.
The affidavit said Gautam Doshi, Surendra Pipara and
Hari Nair, who are all employees of Anil Ambani controlled
Reliance in furtherance of their intention to cheat, created
Swan Telecom out of funds arranged from Reliance Telecom for
applying for licenses in 13 circles where Reliance Telecom did
not have GSM spectrum.
They have been charge sheeted and are in judicial
custody in Tihar Jail.
"But Ambani has not been charge-sheeted. ADAG has
reportedly claimed that these actions were done without the
knowledge of Ambani. If this was true then he should have
sacked the three charge sheeted employees," the NGO said
adding that instead he visited them and reportedly assured
legal assistance.