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The probe agencies on Thursday submitted further progress reports in 2G scam case to the Supreme Court with Enforcement Directorate informing about the attachment of properties worth Rs.223 crore for offences of money laundering and CBI stating that its probe in the second part of spectrum allocation against three former ministers is still on.

CBI and ED's special counsel K. K. Venugopal said apart form attaching the properties worth Rs.223 crore, investigation has entered into crucial phase regarding laundering of nearly Rs.10,000 crore by several companies and it would be over in next 15 days.

With regard to the probe on allocation of spectrum during the tenure of former telecom ministers Pramod Mahajan, Arun Shorie (of NDA regime) and Dayanidhi Maran, holding the charge during the UPA-I, was underway on the basis of a separate preliminary enquiry (PE) registered by the CBI but “so for no substantial evidence“ have come to light against them. The PE was registered on the orders of the apex court.

This included, probe into the alleged “coercion“ of Aircel promoter C Sivasankaran by Maran to sell his stake in the company to Malaysia-based firm Maxis in a quid-pro-quo for investment of Rs.600 crore by the latter in Sun TV, a venture of Maran family.