The court will take cognisance of the chargesheet on August 6. At present, Rai is in judicial custody.
Rai claimed he has been framed in the case as he has been writing against an Enforcement Directorate official who was part of the team probing the 2G spectrum allocation scam case.
A senior Enforcement Directorate officer on Wednesday moved the Supreme Court accusing two former journalists of intimidating and blackmailing him from conducting a fair probe in the 2G spectrum allocation related case.
Asthana was sent on a forced leave after the CBI registered a case of corruption against him. His plea to quash the FIR was rejected by the Delhi high court.
The agency is carrying out searches at eight locations in Delhi, Noida, Lucknow and Mumbai in this regard.
A bench of Justice G S Singhvi and K S Radhakrishnan also issued notice to Roy and his two employees, who were working with his news channel, seeking their response on why probe be not initiated against them.
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