BBC News, 15 December 2010
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India's top investigation agency has raided the home and offices of a corporate lobbyist in connection with a corruption inquiry.
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| Taped conversations between Niira Radia and leading figures were leaked |
The Central Bureau of Investigation searched Niira Radia's farmhouse in south Delhi and business premises.
Ms Radia is said to have had links to A Raja, who quit as telecommunications minister last month after mobile phone licenses were allegedly undersold.
The CBI raided his homes in Delhi and Madras this month.
The so-called 2G spectrum inquiry has been described as the country's biggest-ever scandal.
Opposition demands for a cross-party inquiry into the matter paralysed the Indian parliament's winter session, which ended on Monday.
A spokesman for the CBI told the BBC that its detectives had raided 34 homes and offices in Delhi and the southern city of Chennai (Madras) on Wednesday.
They included the home and offices of Ms Radia as well as the home of Pradip Baijal, a former chairman of India's telecom regulator.
More than 100 conversations between Ms Radia and Mr Raja and leading politicians, industrialists and journalists were recorded by the CBI and leaked to the media.
In a court affidavit filed last week, the government said it had begun tapping Ms Radia's phone after an allegation that she was spying for foreign intelligence.
Mr Raja is accused of issuing 2G licences on a first-come, first-served basis in 2008 instead of auctioning them, costing the government up to $37bn (£23bn) in lost revenue.
He has denied any wrongdoing and says he is a victim of trial by media.
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