The Central Bureau of Investigation today flatly refused to probe Home Minister P. Chidambaram in the 2G scam case.
The agency reasoned that it cannot be forced into a probe and that it will make its own decision due to its autonomy.
Earlier, the CBI objected to the central government telling the Supreme Court that it will examine documents given by Janata Party chief Subramanian Swamy indicating that Home Minister P. Chidambaram, as the then finance minister, was also involved in fixing the 2G spectrum price.
Swamy is seeking a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe against Chidambaram alleging that the spectrum price was not decided by jailed former communications minister A. Raja alone but was jointly fixed by the two.