By IANS,
New Delhi: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) is probing the allocation of spectrum beyond the prescribed limit to certain companies during the late Pramod Mahajan’s tenure as communications minister in the National Democratic Alliance government, a CBI official said Tuesday.
“We are investigating into the matter as it is part of the preliminary enquiry registered to look into allocation of spectrum to companies between 2001-07,” said a CBI source.
The official also said a case would be registered if “any abnormalities” are found.
It is alleged that the department of telecom increased the base spectrum for telecom companies from 4.4 MhZ to 6.2 MhZ during Mahajan’s tenure and also allocated extra spectrum on subscriber-based criteria.
Mahajan was telecom minister from 2001 to 2003.