Former Telecom Minister Arun Shourie will appear before the CBI next week in connection with the agency's probe into possible criminal aspects in the telecom policy since 2001.
The CBI approached 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 Atal Bihari Vajpayee was followed or not, officials said here.
However, Shourie said that someone had called his home when he was away and that he later conveyed to the agency that he will appearing before it on February 21 after his return from Kolkata.
