CBI prepares to interrogate Raju through video conference

Tainted  former  Satyam  Computers  chief  Ramalinga  Raju  who has been  evading the  court since  September  2009  will  be  examined through video conferencing.

According to the  VV Lakshminaryana, DIG Criminal  Bureau of  Investigation,  the Cbi is planning to question ex-Satyam chairman B Ramalinga Raju via video conferencing as he continues to dodge the special Cbi court’s summons in connection with the multi-crore fraud in the IT firm he founded.

To  this effect the Cbi  filed a  petition requesting the court to examine Raju  through video conferencing. The  case  came up  for hearing  today but  as the  judge  was  on leave the case has  been postponed   for hearing to  June  1.

As Raju  is  refraining from court proceedings since last September citing health reasons, initially for heart ailment and later for Hepatitis-C. He is undergoing treatment at the Nizam’s Institute of Medical Sciences (NIMS).

The irony is that  the  former Satyam chief  is  unwell to meet Cbi or to be  produced before the  court for  interrogation but is well  to meet his  relatives  and friends in the hospital. It is  established  that he  spends  not  less than eight to  10  hours  a day  meeting his  friend and  relatives.

The Special Court Judge had expressed his dissatisfaction over Ramalinga Raju abstaining from court proceedings. Though  the Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate and Special Cbi Judge BVLN Chakravarti on April 12 had asked the NIMS to provide details of Raju’s health condition on a daily basis with copies of daily case sheets and medical tests conducted on him since March 31 for verification by the court.