Satyam scam: B Ramalinga Raju quizzed by CBI

The CBI today questioned Satyam founder and former chairman B Ramalinga Raju to further probe the multi-crore accounting scam in the IT firm.

Raju, the prime accused in the Satyam fraud case reached the CBI office at around 10am and is likely to be questioned till afternoon, a senior CBI official said.

The investigating agency had yesterday served a notice on Raju asking to appear before it for further questioning into the Satyam scam.

According to sources, the questioning will revolve around the alleged fund diversion from Satyam Computers to some of the foreign countries to which the CBI has sent Letters Rogatory (LR) and awaiting replies.

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