2G scam: CBI seeks details of telcos’ bank transactions

New Delhi, January 31: Carrying forward its probe into the 2G spectrum scam, the CBI has asked the DoT to provide on “top priority” information about the financial transactions and tripartite agreements between various banks and the 122 telecom companies allotted licences in 2008.

In a letter written to the Department of Telecom (DoT), the CBI said the list of 122 allottees of Unified Access Services (UAS) licenses in the year 2008, duly attested by a DoT official, should be sent to the agency, as the CBI has to furnish a status report before the Supreme Court in the second week of February.

The CBI stated in the letter that papers pertaining to Idea Cellular, Spice Telecom and Shyam Telelink, who were allotted 2G licenses by the DoT in 2007-08, have not been furnished to the CBI.

–Agencies