CBI to appeal against 2G verdict

Chennai:

The Central Bureau of Investigation on Thursday said that it will appeal against the CBI Special court verdict which has acquitted all accused, including former telecom minister A Raja and DMK MP Kanimozhi, in the Rs 30,000 crore 2G spectrum allocation scam cases.

"The judgment relating to 2G Scam case today has been prima facie examined and it appears that the evidence adduced to substantiate the charges by the prosecution has not been appreciated in its proper perspective by the Learned Court," CBI said in a statement.

"CBI will be taking necessary legal remedies in the matter. In due course, CBI will be filing an appeal," a CBI spokesperson stated.

Special CBI judge O P Saini pronounced the judgment, clearing 19 accused of all charges in the Enforcement Directorate's money laundering case which comes under the gamut of the 2G scam case.

"The Court said that the prosecution has miserably failed to prove any of its charge. Thus all accused are acquitted," defence counsel Vijay Aggarwal said outside the courtroom soon after the shock verdict