Former Telecom Minister and key accused in the 2G spectrum allocation scam,A Raja,was today allowed by a Delhi court to sign bank cheques for withdrawing money for the expenses of his family. Special CBI Judge O P Saini permitted Raja to sign cheques to the tune of Rs one lakh for this month after CBI did not oppose his plea. "Prayer is allowed. Accused A Raja is permitted to sign the cheques to the tune of Rs one lakh,for meeting the domestic expenses of his family," the court said. Raja's lawyer submitted before the court that his client is maintaining a saving bank account in State Bank of India,Parliament House branch and he may be permitted to sign the cheques for withdrawing money for expenses of his family. "Since he (Raja) is in judicial custody,he is not able to sign his cheques for withdrawing money.he may be allowed to sign the cheque to the tune of Rs one lakh for meeting day-to-day expenses of his family of the current month," he said. As the CBI did not oppose Raja's plea,the judge also noted that he does not "find anything wrong" with his prayer. During the day,Swan Telecom Promoter Shahid Usman Balwa's lawyer Vijay Agarwal accused CBI of not providing all documents to the accused in the case. He also referred to the correspondence between Raja and the Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and said that there were various letters exchanged between them but the CBI is providing them only two letters. The judge,however,assured that all the documents would be supplied to them.
