CBI raids residence of senior Tamil journalist in Chennai

The CBI today conducted raids at the residence of a senior Tamil journalist as part of its probe into the second-generation mobile telephony spectrum scam.

A team of CBI officials from Delhi swooped down at the residence of Kamaraj, associate editor of Tamil magazine Nakkeran this morning and conducted searches, official sources said.

He is known to be close to DMK circles.

The raids come a week after CBI sleuths raided the premises of former telecom minister A Raja and his aides at New Delhi and Tamil Nadu.

Sadiq Basha, a key aide of Raja and a real estate promoter, was picked up by the CBI for questioning.


CBI slueths also conducted raids at the residence of Raja's brother and sister at Srirangam in Tiruchirappalli district.

Their residences had been raided last week too.