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It has been over three months since former Telecom Minister Andimuthu Raja has been cooling his heels in the capital's Tihar Jail for his suspected involvement in the 2G spectrum scam. Now, in place of the sullenness and shock of his initial days are friendly chats with fellow inmates, morning walks and evening sessions of badminton, jail sources say. "Unlike many other high-profile accused stationed in Tihar, Raja seems to have adapted to jail life easily in a short period. Initially, in the first week, he was not talkative or interacting with other inmates, but now he seems to have become friendly with the other inmates in his ward," a jail official told IANS on condition of anonymity.
Most of his new-found friends are serving life sentences.
Jail sources said Raja, who was arrested by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on February 13 and was taken to the jail on February 17, has never thrown any tantrum at any point of time.
Raja, a prominent Dalit face in the DMK, became the Union Communications Minister in 2007. He is accused of cheating, criminal conspiracy and corruption in the selling of scarce second generation (2G) telecom airwaves to favoured companies at a fraction of their actual cost, causing huge losses to the exchequer. A total of 12 of the 14 people chargesheeted by the CBI in the 2G scam, including top bureaucrats and corporates, are lodged in Tihar. Raja is stationed at Jail Number One in Ward Number Nine.
"Raja usually takes a one-hour walk from 5 a.m. to 6 a.m. inside the ward premises. He has become friendly with the 14 other jail inmates in the ward. He has become so friendly that he had shared his home-cooked food with other inmates," the jail official said.
"For the first few days, the tiffin box that came from Raja's home was small and only for him. But after a few days, the box became bigger, with south Indian food like idli, vada, sambar for breakfast and sambar, rasam and curd rice for lunch. All this he shared with his newfound friends," the official said.
Raja has a separate cell of 15 feet by 10 feet for security purposes, and Ward Number Nine also houses two senior police officers.
The first is S.S. Rathi, former assistant commissioner of police convicted in the 1997 Connaught Place shootout case, and the other is R.K. Sharma, former Indian Police Service (IPS) officer jailed for killing journalist Shivani Bhatnagar.
"As of now there is no chance of Raja coming out of jail," a DMK MP told IANS not wishing to be identified, hinting that DMK chief M. Karunanidhi is instead pitching for the release of his 43-year-old daughter Kanimozhi, who too has been in Tihar since May 20 in connection with the case.
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It has been over three months since former Telecom Minister Andimuthu Raja has been cooling his heels in the capital's Tihar Jail for his suspected involvement in the 2G spectrum scam. Now, in place of the sullenness and shock of his initial days are friendly chats with fellow inmates, morning walks and evening sessions of badminton, jail sources say. "Unlike many other high-profile accused stationed in Tihar, Raja seems to have adapted to jail life easily in a short period. Initially, in the first week, he was not talkative or interacting with other inmates, but now he seems to have become friendly with the other inmates in his ward," a jail official told IANS on condition of anonymity.
Most of his new-found friends are serving life sentences.
Jail sources said Raja, who was arrested by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on February 13 and was taken to the jail on February 17, has never thrown any tantrum at any point of time.
Raja, a prominent Dalit face in the DMK, became the Union Communications Minister in 2007. He is accused of cheating, criminal conspiracy and corruption in the selling of scarce second generation (2G) telecom airwaves to favoured companies at a fraction of their actual cost, causing huge losses to the exchequer. A total of 12 of the 14 people chargesheeted by the CBI in the 2G scam, including top bureaucrats and corporates, are lodged in Tihar. Raja is stationed at Jail Number One in Ward Number Nine.
"Raja usually takes a one-hour walk from 5 a.m. to 6 a.m. inside the ward premises. He has become friendly with the 14 other jail inmates in the ward. He has become so friendly that he had shared his home-cooked food with other inmates," the jail official said.
"For the first few days, the tiffin box that came from Raja's home was small and only for him. But after a few days, the box became bigger, with south Indian food like idli, vada, sambar for breakfast and sambar, rasam and curd rice for lunch. All this he shared with his newfound friends," the official said.
Raja has a separate cell of 15 feet by 10 feet for security purposes, and Ward Number Nine also houses two senior police officers.
The first is S.S. Rathi, former assistant commissioner of police convicted in the 1997 Connaught Place shootout case, and the other is R.K. Sharma, former Indian Police Service (IPS) officer jailed for killing journalist Shivani Bhatnagar.
"As of now there is no chance of Raja coming out of jail," a DMK MP told IANS not wishing to be identified, hinting that DMK chief M. Karunanidhi is instead pitching for the release of his 43-year-old daughter Kanimozhi, who too has been in Tihar since May 20 in connection with the case.
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