Chandolia threatened officials to follow Raja: CBI

New Delhi: Former Telecom Minister A Raja's private secretary R K Chandolia had threatened several senior Telecom Ministry officials to ensure grant of spectrum to Swan Telecom which was ineligible for getting the spectrum

licence, CBI said on Saturday in its chargesheet on 2G scam.

The CBI probe revealed that the former minister's aide had pressurised senior ministry officials to allocate spectrum licence to Swan Telecom in preference to Tata Teleservices Ltd which, as per the DoT policy, was the preferred firm for allocation of spectrum in Delhi.

"Accused R K Chandolia, by abusing his official position as a public servant, pressurised and threatened R P Aggarwal, the Wireless Planning and Coordination Wing chief, to put up the file for allocation of spectrum to Swan Telecom

Pvt Ltd," Economic Affairs Secretary R Gopalan noted in the CBI finding while according sanction to the CBI to prosecute Chadolia, an IES officer.

"It clearly shows his criminal conspiracy with A Raja in getting the spectrum allocated to Swan Telecom prior to Tata Teleservices Ltd, which did not get the spectrum in Delhi because available spectrum here was sufficient to cater to the

requirement of only one licencee," said Gopalan's order dated April 1, 2011.