Did Raju plan his surrender?
Ramalinga Raju might have calculated every step of his way
into prison as legal experts feel that by surrendering he has sent a message
that he is not a fugitive.
"No person under such circumstances would have surrendered," Rahul
Mehra, one of the six members of a panel on extradition set up by the ministry
of external affairs says. "There must have been some kind of assurance
given to him by top people in the government that he will be protected and also
Raju must have been sure that the law in India is amenable and can be
beaten."
"If he had attempted to flee the country and had been caught by the police
in a foreign country where he is wanted in connection with this case, he would
probably never come out of jail in his lifetime. In
"But by surrendering he can have the court think that he could have easily
left the country, could have tried to manipulate any witnesses, if any. Now,
his lawyers can claim high moral ground prevented Raju from taking any decision
to leave the country and submitted himself to the law of the land. This could
have some kind of bearing on the ultimate outcome. There is every possibility
of that," Mehra says. Mehra feels every country where Satyam has
operations can initiate proceedings against him and ask for his extradition.
Since he is also wanted in
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