File photo of Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has moved the Supreme Court for permission to interrogate Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh in a corruption case. The top court will hear the petition on October 26.
The CBI has told the court that it wants to question the Chief Minister, who is accused of racking up illegal wealth, far more than his known sources of income.
The investigation is stuck, the agency told the court, as the High Court had stopped it from interrogating Mr Singh and had granted him protection.
Mr Singh was charged with accumulating disproportionate assets when he was union minister for mining in the Congress-led UPA government at the Centre.
The CBI has also asked the top court to transfer the case from the Himachal Pradesh High Court to Delhi.
A bench headed by Chief Justice HL Dattu agreed to hear the CBI's petition on the first working day after the Dussehra holidays.