Did Airtel leak the Radia tapes?

January 31, 2012 15:16

Sheela Bhatt reports from New Delhi: The Union government indirectly hinted in the Supreme Court in the hearing on Tuesday that the service provider being used by corporate lobbyist Nira Radia, in the current case an Airtel connection, was responsible for leaking the controversial and sensational tapes of her conversation that were published by many publications.

Placing a confidential report in a sealed envelope before a bench headed by Justice GS Singhvi, the government said there were eight to 10 agencies, including service providers, involved in the tapping of Radia's telephonic conversations.

The government also claimed that the tapes broadcast by media organisations were tampered with and that the government agencies were not responsible for its leakage.

The government claimed that the tapes with Outlook magazine and those with the income tax department have different UID numbers and also that the timing of the cassettes with Outlook and the IT department differ.

Implicating Airtel, even if indirectly, has huge implications since the company is a competitor of the Tata group in the telecom sector and would also indicate that the leaks were more as a result of corporate wars than any political motivations.

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