The CBI today carried out searches at the residences of corporate lobbyist Niira Radia and former Chairman of the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India Pradip Baijal in connection with the 2G spectrum scam. Raids are being carried out at 34 places – 27 places in Tamil Nadu and seven in Delhi. According to CBI sources, the raids are still continuing. Last week, the CBI had carried out searches at the residences of former Telecom Minister A Raja in Delhi, Chennai and his village Velur besides conducting raids at the premises of a possible business associate and four other Telecom officials, including his personal secretary R K Chandolia, in connection with the 2G scam. Raids were also carried out at the houses of former Telecom Secretary Siddarth Behura, Chandolia, Member Telecom Commission K Sridhar and Deputy Director General in the Department of Telecom A K Srivastava.