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The Central Bureau of Investigation today informed the Supreme Court that it is willing to take over the probe into the mysterious death of Sadiq Batcha, a close aide of 2G spectrum case accused and former Telecom Minister A. Raja.
“The CBI has expressed its willingness to take over the investigation into Batcha’s death,” senior advocate Mr K.K. Venugopal, appearing for the agency, told a Bench of Mr Justices G.S. Singhvi and A.K. Ganguly. Earlier the Tamil Nadu Government had favoured a CBI probe into Batcha’s death.
The Bench asked the Additional Solicitor-General, Mr Indira Jaising, to take instructions from the Centre and inform it about the issuance of a notification for transferring the case to the CBI by April 4.
The CBI also informed the court that senior advocate Mr U.U. Lalit will be appointed as special public prosecutor for the trial in the 2G spectrum allocation case before a special court exclusively set up for the purpose.
The court asked the law officer to take instructions and inform it by Tuesday on the notification on appointment of the special public prosecutor.
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