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CBI has accused A. Raja of selling second generation spectrum to his cronies in corporate India at very low prices, cheating the exchequer of billions.

Given how the 2008 2G allotment has dominated the news and upended political life in the world’s largest democracy, you might expect the resulting trial to be carried out in a venue befitting the grand scale of the scandal.

Instead, it is unfolding in a basic room roughly 25 feet long and about 20 feet wide with badly whitewashed walls and a false ceiling. Read More »