Former telecom minister A Raja and DMK leader Kanimozhi, and 15 others walked free from a Delhi court today after they were acquitted of charges in the "2G scam case", which has been dubbed as 'India's biggest telecom scandal'. Mr Raja was accused of allocating airwaves and licenses for cellphone networks in exchange for kickbacks and causing the state a loss of Rs 1.76 lakh crore.
The 2G scam was among the major corruption scandals that came to light during the second term of the UPA government headed by Dr Manmohan Singh. The Time magazine had also ranked the 2G scam as the world's second-biggest abuse of executive power.
Here's the list of all 17 who were accused in the 2G Spectrum case:
1. Kanimozhi Karunanidhi, DMK leader and party chief M Karunanidhi's daughter
2. Former telecom minister A Raja
4. A Raja's former private secretary RK Chandolia
5. Reliance ADAG Group Managing Director Gautam Doshi
7. Reliance ADAG Group President Surendra Pipara
9. Swan Telecom Promoters Vinod Goenka
11. Asif Balwa, Director of Kusegaon Fruits and Vegetables (P) Limited
12. Rajiv Agarwal, Director of Kusegaon Fruits and Vegetables (P) Limited
13. Bollywood producer Karim Morani
14. Kalaignar TV director Sharad Kumar
15. M/s Reliance Telecom Limited
16. M/S Swan Telecom (P) Limited (Now M/s Etisalat DB Telecom (P) Ltd)
17. M/s Unitech Wireless (Tamil Nadu) Ltd
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