CVC mulls panel to monitor probe
The Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) will constitute a special committee to monitor the 2G probe, being conducted by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and other investigating agencies like the Enforcement Directorate. The Sup-reme Court has sought assistance from the CVC to monitor investigations by multiple agencies in the 2G spectrum allocation scam.
Highly-placed sources in the CVC said the special committee will be headed by one of the vigilance commissioners and will comprise senior officials from the commission. Most of these officials, sources added, will be those who are already experienced in handling similar cases of corruption at the anti-corruption watchdog.
In fact, the CVC swung into action on the first day itself meeting officials from the CAG which has pegged the 2G loss at `1,75,000 crores.
The commission primarily wanted to know how the CAG managed to reach this figure during its audit investigations and what incriminating documents it came across during its probe. “To get a better idea of the scam we have to start right from the beginning about what investigations various agencies have done so far. We started that process today by meeting the CAG officials,” a senior CVC official said. The commission will soon ask the CBI and other agencies like the ED and finance ministry’s financial intelligence unit to submit all relevant documents related to the investigations so far. This will also include the charges-heets that the CBI has already filed in the case.
Commission sources said the CVC will advise the Supreme Court if something more needs to be done during the course of investigations or what are the areas that were left out by various agencies. The CVC will also examine CBI officials who have conduced the investigations so far. They will also be talking to officials from the ED as well as it has sent out a number of letter rogatory in connection with the 2G case.
“Since majority of the investigations in the case so far have been conducted by the CBI we will be talking to them first,’’ the official added.
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