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India's special court acquits all accused in 2G telecoms case

Published: 21 Dec 2017 - 08:38 am | Last Updated: 03 Nov 2021 - 10:46 am

Reuters

NEW DELHI: A special court in India on Thursday acquitted a former telecoms minister, politicians and several business executives of graft and money laundering charges in the grant of telecoms licences in one of the
country's biggest graft scandals.

Special judge O.P. Saini pronounced his verdict as "not guilty" for all accused due to lack of evidence.

The case relates to alleged below-market-price sale of lucrative telecoms permits bundled with airwaves in 2008, which a federal auditor said may have cost the government as much as $28 billion in lost revenue.