CBI questions former telecom minister Shourie

A good morning to you, but apparently not for Arun Shourie.

The former telecom minister in the NDA government had to make an early morning call at the CBI headquartes in New Delhi for questioning in connection with the agency's probe into possible criminal aspects in the telecom policy. The CBIis investigating the 2G scam since 2001.

Shourie said he will hand over a 50-page document detailing answers to broad questions in connection with the spectrum allocation case to the CBI and will share whatever the CBI wants to know. He said he was happy that the Supreme Court had taken up the matter. Hesaid the government was trying to divert the media attention from the issue.