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Tatas donated Rs 20cr at Rajas request: Balwa NEW DELHI: Swan Telecom Promoter Shahid Usman Balwa on Tuesday insinuated that the Tatas had paid off former telecom minister A Raja Rs 20 crore. He claimed that the Tata group donated Rs 20 crore to a medical college-cum-hospital in Perambalur in Tamil Nadu at the request of Raja. Balwa also questioned the CBIs decision to not probe the Tata group in the 2G scam. Referring to a letter written by Ratan Tata to Raja on September 15, 2009 regarding the donation, Balwas counsel Majeed Memon asked why the agency was not probing it. On September 15, 2009 Ratan Tata wrote to Raja acknowledging the receipt of his letter for donation and also mentioned that Tatas have never made a grant of this magnitude to an external person. However, the grant of Rs 20 crore is made to a hospital in Perambalur as a special case. Memon added, What was this special case which Ratan Tata referred to and why is it not being probed? He added that if Balwa had to give an illegal gratification to Raja then he too could have made donations instead of following the alleged circuitous route. Making a donation as a special case is the easiest way for a person to receive favour. If I were to give illegal gratification of Rs 200 crore, as alleged, for favours from Raja, why would I adopt circuitous route where the money finally does not even reach him. I could have also made a cheque towards charity, he said. Back |
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