Raju faces CBI questioners alone

Central Bureau of Intelligence sleuths on Tuesday questioned Satyam founder and former chairman B Ramalinga Raju over the multi-crore accounting fraud in the company he had founded.

Raju, the prime accused in the Satyam fraud case, reached the CBI office at around 9:45 AM without his lawyers. He was questioned till 12:15 PM and then allowed to leave.

The CBI had on Monday summoned Raju through a notice for for further questioning into the 2008 scam.

According to sources, the CBI grilled Raju over the alleged fund diversion from Satyam Computers to some foreign countries. The CBI has sent Letters Rogatory to these unnamed foreign countries earlier and had received replies about a fortnight ago.

CBI sources say that one more case could be lodged against Raju if his involvement in the fund diversion is proved.

Raju was discharged from the NIMS hospital here last week where he was undergoing treatment for Hepatitis-C and heart problems since September.