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The Supreme Court on Monday asked the Government to issue a notification within three days to transfer to the CBI the investigation into the mysterious death of Sadiq Batcha, reportedly an ‘aide' of former Telecom Minister, Mr A. Raja. Mr Raja is an accused in the 2G spectrum allocation case.
The apex court's direction followed the statement of the Additional Solicitor General, Ms Indira Jaising, that the Tamil Nadu Government has granted its consent for handing over the investigation of the case to CBI, which in turn had expressed its willingness to take over the probe.
Ms Jaising said a notification on this will be issued, adding that all the necessary legal preconditions have been satisfied.
On March 29, the apex court had agreed to hear the plea by the petitioner NGO Centre for Public Interest Litigation (CPIL) for a CBI probe into the death of Batcha. The court had then asked the CBI to go through the CPIL's plea.
The CBI had not only questioned late Batcha regarding the 2G scam, but had carried out searches at his residential and official premises. Last month, Batcha was found dead in mysterious circumstances at his Chennai residence.
His wife reportedly claimed that he committed suicide because he was not able to cope with the pressure of the 2G investigation.
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