The latest action on spectrum looks suspect

After a gap of ten long years, the government has decided to find out if additional spectrum was given away beyond the contracted level to two wireless service providers, Airtel and Vodafone, by the then telecommunications minister Pramod Mahajan, former telecom secretary Shyamal Ghosh and another official during 2001-03. Towards this end, raids were conducted over the weekend by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) at the premises of the two firms and the residence of the two officials.

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