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The former Telecom Minister, Mr Arun Shourie, will appear before the Central Bureau of Investigation on February 21 in connection with the agency's probe into possible criminal aspects in the telecom policy since 2001. The CBI approached Mr Shourie last week asking him to appear before the agency in connection with the Preliminary Enquiry registered by the agency following a direction from the Supreme Court.
The PE was registered against “unknown persons” with an aim to ascertaining as to whether the “first-come-first-serve basis” provision passed by the then Cabinet, led by Mr Atal Bihari Vajpayee, was followed or not, officials said here.
The CBI is likely to go into the minutes of the meetings held by successive Telecom Ministers who include late Pramod Mahajan, Mr Shourie and Mr Dayanidhi Maran.
According to the CBI, nearly 50 licences were given out on the first-come-first-serve basis and Bharti, Vodafone and Idea were among the beneficiaries of the policy.
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