The CBI on Monday questioned Dubai-based industrialist I.P. Khaitan in connection with its probe related to the 2G spectrum scam case. The agency officials put direct questions to M. Khaitan about his alleged interests in Loop Telecom, which got Unified Access Service (UAS) licences for 21 circles in January 2008.
According to sources, Mr Khaitan was grilled by the agency officials for nearly eight hours at the CBI headquarters. The CBI is probing whether Loop Telecom was the front for Essar group, which has family links with the Khaitans, in getting the UAS licences for second generation telecom spectrum.
Mr Khaitan was also asked specific questions about the alleged stakes of his family members in Loop Telecom, sources added. The CBI officials has already questioned Essar Group CEO, Prashant Ruia, in this regard.
“The CBI is probing the alleged links between Essar and Santa Trading Private Limited, reportedly owned by the Khaitans, which floated Loop Telecom and financial exchanges that allegedly took place between the two companies”, sources said.
A team of Central Bureau of Investigation officials has also reached Mauritius to get details of companies linked to beneficiaries of spectrum allocation which was allegedly done by flouting rules.