CBI today placed before the Supreme Court a fresh status report on the progress of its probe into the 2G spectrum allocation scam cases by covering in its ambit the investigation concerning former Finance Minister P Chidambaram in the Aircel-Maxis deal case.
The CBI, in its charge sheet filed last year, had said it will investigate the circumstances under which the Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB) approval given in 2006 by the then Finance Minister in the Aircel-Maxis deal in which ex-Telecom Minister Dayanidhi Maran and his brother Kalanidhi Maran have been chargesheeted.
Senior advocate K K Venugopal submitted before a bench comprising Chief Justice H L Dattu and Arun Mishra. Venugopal’s submission came on behalf of CBI after senior BJP leader Subramanian Swamy complained that the chargesheet in the Aircel-Maxis deal was filed a year ago but nothing was coming out about the probe into the FIPB clearance given to the venture when Chidambaram was the Finance Minister.