2G scam case: CBI raids premises of Radia, Baijal

STAFF WRITER 9:41 HRS IST

New Delhi/Chennai, Dec 15 (PTI) The CBI today carried out searches at the premises of corporate lobbyist Niira Radia and former TRAI chairman Pradeep Baijal in connection with the alleged Rs 22,000 crore 2G spectrum scam, a week after conducting raids at the residences of former Telecom Minister A Raja.

About 150 sleuths of the investigating agency swooped down at 27 places in Tamil Nadu and seven in Delhi in the wee hours and began searches which included some auditors and accountants of Raja besides the premises of Radia and Baijal, official sources said.

Radia's office -- Vaishnavi Corporate Communications -- and her farm house in South Delhi were among the first of the premises searched by the CBI, the sources said, adding some of the persons who had been closely associated with the handling of accounts and funds of Raja were also been searched by the agency.