CBI chargesheets Ruis and Khaitans - They Deny all charges
THE 2G scam is getting murkier with some top Corporate honchos dragged into the CBI net. The CBI Press Release says, “ The Central Bureau of Investigation has today filed a chargesheet U/s 120-B r/w 420 IPC against two promoters of a Mumbai based private Telecom Group; Director of a Mumbai based Company; another Director of the said Company(an NRI); President of a Mumbai based private Telecom Business Group and three Mumbai based private telecom Companies in the Court of Special Judge(2G Cases), Patiala House Courts, New Delhi.”
Translated, this means, the charge sheet includes Essar Group's Ravikant Ruia, Anshuman Ruia and Vikash Saraf apart from Kiran Khaitan and her husband IP Khaitan of Loop Telecom.
Essar Group has claimed that:
++ Essar denies all charges; will take legal recourse.
++ Law Ministry & Corporate Affairs Ministry have confirmed that there is no violation of Clause 8 of the UASL guidelines.
++ Unprecedented that charges have been made despite Government confirming that there is no Clause 8 violation and that this is only a contractual issue.
++ Similar contractual violations in the past have not attracted any fine/penalty or charges by the Government.
++ Essar a law-abiding Corporate in full compliance with all regulations and laws of the land, including the UASL guidelines of the DoT
++ Chargesheet will not impact business operations of the group
++ Essar Group's stand that it is not involved in the 2G irregularities has been vindicated by the CBI today. There are no charges of corruption or involvement in the 2G scam.