Written by Umang Saini
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Charge

9 People were named in charge sheet filed by CBI in 2G scam
  1. A. Raja - Former Telecom Minister, a Poet, Lawyer, Politician
  2. Siddharth Behura - Former Telecom Secretary,1973 batch retired IAS
  3. R. K Chandolia - A. Raja's private secretary, 1984 batch Indian Economic Service
  4. Shahid Usman Balwa - DB Realty, Etisalat DB Telecom (Swan Telecom), youngest Indian Billionaire at age of 36
  5. Vinod Goenka - Dynamix Balwa Realty Group Promoter -#54 richest Indian
  6. Sanjay Chandra - Unitech's MD
  7. Gautam Doshi, Surendra Pipara and  Hari Nair - ADAG Reliance telecom executives
Charges -- Conspiracy, Cheating, Forgery, Abusing official position.

Goenka's profile in Forbes 
"Age 51, College dropout co-founded DB Realty, prominent Mumbai developer with Shahid Balwa. Owners of its Turf View apartments in South Mumbai, overlooking the racecourse and costing upto $14 million each, include Kishore Biyani (No.72) and Anand Jain (No.53)."  Link
Balwa's profile in Forbes 
"Youngest billionaire on list and partner of Vinod Goenka (No. 54) in property developer DB Realty and telecom startup Etisalat DB Telecom (formerly Swan Telecom) of which he is vice chairman. Launched its Cheers mobile service in March, bagging Bollywood star Aamir Khan as brand ambassador. Interests include unlisted hospitality arm which owns two Le Meridien Hotels and is building 11 more, including the 135-story India Tower in South Mumbai, that will house a Park Hyatt Hotel due to open in 2015." Link
Primary commercial corporations involved
  1. Unitech - India's 2nd Largest realtor
  2. Uninor = Unitech + Telenor (Norwegian company)
  3. DB Realty - India's 3rd Largest realtor
  4. Etilstat DB Telecom = Cheers Mobile (Etisalat UAE + DB Realty)
  5. Reliance Telecom ADAG
The charge-sheet is merely ~80,000 pages long, and was delivered along with other evidence in 7 trunks to the Judge hearing the case. Also it'll be joined with supplemental charge sheet later as investigation continues.


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