The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has registered a case in a Delhi court against Bharti Airtel, Tata Communication and Singapore Telecommunications Ltd for allegedly causing a loss of nearly Rs.48 crore to the government since 2004 by illegally providing international long distance (ILD) services.
The three companies have been booked on charges of criminal conspiracy and cheating under the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and under the Indian Telegraph Act for violating the Department of Telecommunications licensing norms. The first information report (FIR) has been filed in a local court on a complaint of the ministry of communications and information technology. Full story
