2G scam: CBI begins internal probe into document leak

CBI has begun an internal inquiry to probe leakage of classified documents in connection with the 2G spectrum allocation case as the agency finalized its counter arguments in the Supreme Court Tuesday over charges levelled by an NGO that the agency's Director Ranjit Sinha was delaying trial in the scam.

Ahead of the hearing, a series of meetings was held with the counsel representing CBI in the apex court where the agency will impress upon alleged twisting of facts by the counsel of the NGO, Centre for Public Interest Litigation, Prashant Bhushan, official sources said.

CBI has objected to the claims made by Bhushan in his petition that its Director had been reprimanded in coal scam by the SC saying that there was no order in connection with this, they said.

CBI will also inform the Supreme Court about leakage of documents from the agency and also that an internal probe had been ordered to fix those responsible for the act of passing on internal file notings and classified notes outside the agency.