2G spectrum scam Radia Tapes Controversy

After getting authorization from the Home Ministry, the Indian Income Tax department tapped Radia's phone lines for 300 days in 2008-2009 as part of their investigations into possible money laundering, restricted financial practices, and tax evasion.In November 2010, OPEN magazine carried a story which reported transcripts of some of the telephone conversations of Nira Radia with senior journalists, politicians, and corporate houses, many of whom have denied the allegations.

The Central Bureau of Investigation has announced that they have 5,851 recordings of phone conversations by Radia, some of which outline Radia's attempts to broker deals in relation to the 2G spectrum sale. The tapes appear to demonstrate how Radia attempted to use some media persons to influence the decision to appoint A. Raja as telecom minister. In the recorded conversations between Nira Radia and prominent figures, referred to as the Radia Tapes, several prominent figures are heard in conversation with Radia:

• Politicians

• A. Raja, Telecom minister
• Kanimozhi, Rajya Sabha MP
• Businessmen 
• Ratan Tata, Chairman, Tata Sons
• Journalists
• Barkha Dutt, Group editor, English news, NDTV 
• M.K. Venu, senior business journalist
• Prabhu Chawla, editor of India Today magazine
• Rajdeep Sardesai
• Shankar Aiyar, then with India Today Group
• Vir Sanghvi, HT advisory editorial director

• Industry Heads
• Tarun Das, former CII head

• Others
• Ranjan Bhattacharya(foster son-in-law of former prime minister Atal Behari Vajpayee) 
• Suhel Seth, management guru and columnist

Were the few prominant faces that came to light in this controversy.