NEW DELHI – India's top court says it will oversee investigation into a major telecom scandal that cost the country billions and paralyzed parliament's proceedings for nearly four weeks.
Justices G. S. Singhvi and A. K. Ganguly will monitor the progress in the probe by India's federal investigating agency, Prashant Bhushan, an attorney, told reporters Thursday.
The scandal forced the resignation of then-Telecoms Minister Andimuthu Raja. He has denied any wrongdoing.
In the past week, the Central Bureau of Investigation has carried out raids and searches at the offices of several companies and homes of nearly a dozen suspects, including politicians, retired government officials and lobbyists for the Indian industry.
