Kanu Sarda l New Delhi
Vinod Goenka, a director of Swan Telecom, on Wednesday accused the CBI of making vague and unsound allegations before a Delhi court, saying no specific role has been attributed to him in the charge sheets in the 2G spectrum scam case.
Goenka told special CBI judge O P Saini that he cannot be held liable for any alleged misconduct attributed to Swan Telecom merely because he was one of the directors of the company.
“Except making vague and unsound allegations against him (Goenka) in a stereo-typed manner, the CBI has not referred to any role on the part of Goenka to make him liable either for conspiracy, cheating or any other offence,” Goenka’s counsel K G Menon said.
Goenka said he had nothing to do with telecom business of Swan Telecom and it was managing director (MD) Shahid Usman Balwa, a co-accused in the case, who was authorised by the board to look after the telephone business.
“Balwa was the MD of Swan Telecom and the board had given him the power of attorney (to proceed in telecom issue). Whatever was required to be done to obtain the (2G) licences was done by Balwa,” Menon said.
“He (Goenka) was not looking after the telecom business and especially in view of the specific power given to Balwa by the board, there was no occasion for Goenka to do anything with the licences,” he added.
“What is the material (with the CBI) to show that there was a loss? Who are they to say so? The CBI is only an agency of the government and the government itself is saying there was no loss and that too in Parliament. It means there is no loss. This case goes,” Menon said.
