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Wednesday, December 15, 2010

2G: CBI widens net, DMK supporters raided

2G: CBI widens net, DMK supporters raided:

New Delhi: Widening its net, the CBI on Wednesday raided close aides and relatives of former Telecom Minister and DMK leader A Raja.

The CBI conducted raids at the residence of senior Tamil journalist as part of its probe into 2G spectrum scam.

A team of CBI officials from Delhi swooped down at the residence of Kamaraj, Associate Editor of Tamil magazine Nakeeran and conducted searches.

2G: CBI widens net, DMK supporters raided

He is known to be close to DMK circles. The raids come a week after CBI sleuths raided the premises of former Telecom Minister A Raja and his aides at New Delhi and Tamil Nadu.

Pro-DMK Tamil rights activist Father Gaspar Raj is among those raided in chennai - he's known to be close to kanimozhi.

Tamil Maiyam, an NGO in which DMK MP Kanimozhi is on the Board of Directors was also raided.

The CBI also raided hawala operator Mahesh Jain, mentioned in former Telecom Minister A Raja's diary - that diary was found during raids at the former telecom minister's residence in New Delhi.

Daulat Jain, brother of Mahesh Jain and Raja's Chartered accountant Ganpati Subramanium's were also raided.

Sadiq Basha, a key aide of Raja and a real estate promoter, was picked up by CBI for questioning.

The CBI slueths also conducted raids at the residence of Raja's brother and sister at Srirangam in Tiruchirappalli district.

Their residences had been raided last week too.

(With PTI inputs)

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