Was RP Singh arm twisted to sign the 2G report?

Did the 2G scam cost the country Rs 1.76 lakh crore or was that figure inflated? RP Singh, the lead auditor of the CAG who investigated the scam, on Monday told the Joint Parlimentary Committee that he was forced into signing on the inflated loss amount.

CNN-IBN has accesed letters which prove that RP Singh was indeed under preassure. Internal notes show RP Singh may have been arm twisted into signing the report.

Deputy CAG Rekha Gupta wrote a note directing RP Singh to put his signatures on the last page of the report.

Rekha Gupta said, "RP Singh has been asked to sign the last page, let him read the final report, here, if he wants".

RP Singh had written to Rekha Gupta that he wasn't giving any more time to the DoT to respond to their audit as desired by Rekha Gupta.

The big question remains that why was the CAG in a hurry to submit the 2G report in Parliament if the DoT was asking for more time to make its case?

RP Singh was certainly at variance with the observations by CAG Vinod Rai and Rekha Gupta.

CNN-IBN had earlier shown how RP Singh had written to Rekha Gupta saying that his credibility and integrity was being attacked by her.

According to sources, RP Singh has stuck to his stand. He has reportedly said to JPC that he acted on orders from above.

Singh had given a report of estimating the loss from sale of 2G spectrum at 2001 rates at Rs 2,645 crore, but was asked to sign a report with a presumptive loss of Rs 1.76 lakh crore in July.

There have been discrepancies in the financial estimates of the loss incurred in the 2G case and also in who took the final call while preparing the report.

CAG Vinod Rai will depose before the JPC on Tuesday. Rai has been accused of overruling loss estimates without seeking permission.

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