SC: Aspects in Niira Radia tapes uncomfortable, require probe

August 01, 2013 12:15

The Supreme Court has directed the Income Tax department to place before it the original record authorising the tapping of Niira Radia's phone. The SC has also pulled up the IT department and the CBI for not taking action on the basis of information they received from Radia's tapped telephone conversations.

Radia's phones were put under surveillance by the Income Tax department after the finance ministry Nov 16, 2007, received an anonymous letter alleging that in a short span of a few years, she had built a business empire of Rs.300 crore. The complaint had also alleged foreign connections of Radia.

The Income Tax department put Radia's phone under surveillance thrice for 60 days each between 2008-09. More

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