Court orders initiation of proceedings against Raju

Hyderabad, March 12: A city court today ordered the initiation of proceedings against the former directors of Satyam Computers in a case filed by Serious Fraud Investigation Office (SFIO) after separating the trials against B Ramalinga Raju and Ram Mynampati.

The SFIO, which filed seven complaints against 11 directors in the Satyam accounting fraud case in the Special Court for Economic Offences here in December last year, has been investigating the role of the accused in the scam.

Judge T Rajani split up the case against Raju and Ram Mynampati, former whole time director, after they did not appear before the court and ordered start of the proceedings on examination of other accused and later adjourned the case to March 23.

–Agencies