A Delhi special court today recorded statement of former Telecom Minister A Raja in 2G-spectrum allocation case. Special CBI Judge O P Saini started the recording of the statement of the accused by saying that it was a direct conversation between the accused and the judge.

The court had earlier supplied the draft questionnaire containing 1,718 questions to the 17 accused, including Raja, DMK MP Kanimozhi and three top executives of Reliance Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group.

The court in October 2011, framed charges against the accused under provisions of the IPC and the Prevention of Corruption Act, dealing with offences of criminal conspiracy, cheating, forgery, faking documents, abusing official position, criminal misconduct by public servant and taking bribe.

Meanwhile, the special court which was also scheduled to record the statements of promoters of Essar Group and Loop Telecom, who are facing trial in a case arising out of the probe into the 2G spectrum scam, deferred their deposition till May 19.