King no more - CBI raids A Raja's Delhi, Chennai residences
CBI on Wednesday carried out raids on the residences of former Telecom Minister A Raja in Delhi and Chennai along with the residences of four top Telecom ministry officials.
The raids are being carried out at the residences of former Telecom Secretary Siddharth Behura, Raja's personal secretary R K Chandolia, Telecom (member) K Sridhar and Deputy Director General (DoT) A K Srivastava.
Surrounded by scams
This is not the only controversy surrounding the disgraced former Telecom minister. He was at the centre of yet another one just yesterday when the Madras High Court suspended from the Bar a top lawyer allegedly involved in an attempt to influence a judge by taking the minister
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