Holding that the prosecution had "miserably failed" to prove the charges, a special CBI court in Delhi today acquitted Raja, Kanimozhi and all other accused in the politically-sensitive 2G spectrum allocation scam cases.
"It is not a final verdict. It is a fit case for appeal," senior AIADMK leader and Fisheries Minister D Jayakumar told reporters here.
Reading out the operative part of the order, Jayakumar said the verdict had been delivered by a lower court.
Asked whether the AIADMK would file an appeal, he said the CBI had filed a case and would take care of it.
Sidelined AIADMK leader T T V Dhinakaran said he was happy about the verdict as Raja and Kanimozhi were from Tamil Nadu.
"Personally I am happy. I know Raja as a minister from Tamil Nadu when I was an MP," he told reporters.
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