-The Telegraph
A. Raja’s former aide today told a trial court the former minister knew three of his 2G case co-accused before he got the telecom portfolio in 2007.
Aseervartham Achary, a prosecution witness, said Raja often met Unitech MD Sanjay Chandra, DB Realty MD Vinod Goenka and Swan Telecom promoter Shahid Usman Balwa when he was environment minister in 2006. “The three used to meet Raja at Paryavaran Bhavan and his official residence,” Achary, Raja’s assistant private secretary from 1999 to 2008, said. He said as environment minister Raja cleared Unitech and DB projects