New Delhi: CBI and Enforcement Directorate on Friday placed before the Supreme Court fresh status reports on the progress of probe into the 2G spectrum scam which also contained their responses to allegations of interference of an influential minister in the investigation against some firms.
"I have two status reports from ED and CBI in sealed covers on each issue raised by the petitioners. Our full reply is by way of status reports to the allegations," advocate KK Venugopal, appearing for the probe agencies, told a bench comprising justices GS Singhvi and AK Ganguly.
The court had sought the responses of the agencies on an application filed by an NGO, Centre for Public Interest Litigation (CPIL), alleging interference by Law Minister Salman Khurshid in the investigation into 2G spectrum case.
The NGO has also alleged the probe agencies were going soft on companies like Essar, Loop and their promoters by not slapping corruption charges against them in the case arising out of the 2G spectrum scam and such a decision was "facilitated" by the intervention of the CBI Director and the Law Minister.
The NGO also demanded that the agency should probe the role another company Shyam Telelink Ltd, which had got licences, during the tenure of former Telecom Minister A Raja, and in which Russian billionaire Vladimir Yevtushenkov has invested money.
It also accused CBI of being slow in taking action against DMK MP Dayanidhi Maran in October.
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