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India’s former telecoms minister, Andimuthu Raja, has been charged with conspiracy, forgery and fraud in connection with a multi-billion dollar corruption scandal.<\/p>\n

The allegations relate to the sale in 2008 of mobile phone licences for a fraction of their real value. <\/p>\n

Auditors estimate this could have cost the country nearly $40bn (\u00a324.5bn) in lost revenue. <\/p>\n

Mr Raja denies wrongdoing. Last year he was forced to resign over the issue. <\/p>\n

Investigators say Mr Raja deliberately favoured some companies over others when allocating valuable second generation (2G) mobile phone licences. <\/p>\n

He is accused of issuing the 2G licences on a “first-come, first-served” basis instead of auctioning them. <\/p>\n

India has the world’s fastest growing mobile market, with about half a billion subscribers.<\/p>\n

The BBC’s Mark Dummett in Delhi says the scandal has become a major political crisis for Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s government, eroding its reputation at home and abroad. <\/p>\n

The country has seen a series of high-profile corruption investigations in recent months. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p>\n

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