Reliance ADAG chairman Anil Ambani has said he does not recall each and every meeting of AAA Consultancy Services (P) ltd, said to be associated with Reliance ADAG. He took the witness stand for the first time on Thursday when he appeared as a prosecution witness in the Special CBI Court trying the 2G spectrum case.
Special Public Prosecutor UU lalit showed him the minutes of meetings held in 2005-06. “I attend a large number of meetings and I do not recall. I am going by records only,” he told Special CBI Judge OP Saini. To this, the judge noted, “But you do not maintain false records. Your record must be correct.”
“The records should be correct,” Ambani said, adding, “Sir, I want to take a call. One, I do not recall now. Second, minutes are not prepared by me. It is prepared by the secretarial staff. I do not recall and I do not prepare the minutes.” lalit asked Ambani about these board meetings as soon as recording of evidence began and he answered to most of the questions with a stock, “I do not recall.”
Ambani and his wife Tina were summoned as witnesses on CBI plea’s that their testimony may throw light on alleged investment of over Rs 990 crore by his group companies in Swan Telecom. Tina will be appearing in court on Friday.