<p>Highly placed sources said the Central Vigilance Commission has received complaints recently against former Telecom Minister A Raja and certain serving and retired telecom ministry officials for alleged violation of government norms in spectrum allocation during their tenure.<br /><br />They said the complaints were forwarded to CBI to cross check their authenticity and take necessary action.<br /><br />"We have got some complaints related to 2G. They are being sent to CBI for further investigation," a senior CVC official said requesting anonymity.<br /><br />He said the fresh complaints have objected to the role of certain bureaucrats who were serving in Ministry of Telecommunications then.<br /><br />The officer refused to divulge more information on the content and nature of complaints saying the matter was subjudice.<br /><br />The sources, however, clarified that Commission has filed its report on 2G spectrum to the CBI and is not investigating any matter related to it.<br /><br />The CVC has found gross irregularities and procedural lapses while giving licenses on first-come first-serve to telecom companies who did not comply with eligibility criteria.<br /><br />It has also found instances of criminal conspiracy in distribution of the 2G spectrum in its report.<br /><br />"In our report shared with CBI and other agencies, we have already said that there were procedural irregularities. The CBI is looking into the matter," the official said. <br /><br />The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) has in its report calculated a presumptive loss of Rs 1.76 lakh crore and the CBI has projected a loss of Rs 22,000 crore due to wrong practises adopted in giving the second generation spectrum in 2008.<br /><br />The distribution of telecom spectrum is being probed by the CBI which has arrested Raja and two of his aides R K Chandolia and Siddharta Behura.<br /><br />Besides DMK MP Kanimozi, DMK-run Kalaignar TV's MD Sharad Kumar, Bollywood filmmaker Karim Morani and Reliance ADAG executives Gautam Doshi, Hari Nair and Surendra Pipara are accused in the multi-crore scam.<br /><br />The other accused include Unitech Ltd's MD Sanjay Chandra, Swan Telecom promoters Shahid Usman Balwa and Vinod Goenka and directors of Kusegaon Fruits and Vegetables Asif Balwa and Rajeev Agarwal.<br /><br /></p>
<p>Highly placed sources said the Central Vigilance Commission has received complaints recently against former Telecom Minister A Raja and certain serving and retired telecom ministry officials for alleged violation of government norms in spectrum allocation during their tenure.<br /><br />They said the complaints were forwarded to CBI to cross check their authenticity and take necessary action.<br /><br />"We have got some complaints related to 2G. They are being sent to CBI for further investigation," a senior CVC official said requesting anonymity.<br /><br />He said the fresh complaints have objected to the role of certain bureaucrats who were serving in Ministry of Telecommunications then.<br /><br />The officer refused to divulge more information on the content and nature of complaints saying the matter was subjudice.<br /><br />The sources, however, clarified that Commission has filed its report on 2G spectrum to the CBI and is not investigating any matter related to it.<br /><br />The CVC has found gross irregularities and procedural lapses while giving licenses on first-come first-serve to telecom companies who did not comply with eligibility criteria.<br /><br />It has also found instances of criminal conspiracy in distribution of the 2G spectrum in its report.<br /><br />"In our report shared with CBI and other agencies, we have already said that there were procedural irregularities. The CBI is looking into the matter," the official said. <br /><br />The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) has in its report calculated a presumptive loss of Rs 1.76 lakh crore and the CBI has projected a loss of Rs 22,000 crore due to wrong practises adopted in giving the second generation spectrum in 2008.<br /><br />The distribution of telecom spectrum is being probed by the CBI which has arrested Raja and two of his aides R K Chandolia and Siddharta Behura.<br /><br />Besides DMK MP Kanimozi, DMK-run Kalaignar TV's MD Sharad Kumar, Bollywood filmmaker Karim Morani and Reliance ADAG executives Gautam Doshi, Hari Nair and Surendra Pipara are accused in the multi-crore scam.<br /><br />The other accused include Unitech Ltd's MD Sanjay Chandra, Swan Telecom promoters Shahid Usman Balwa and Vinod Goenka and directors of Kusegaon Fruits and Vegetables Asif Balwa and Rajeev Agarwal.<br /><br /></p>