Manmohan Singh’s statement

New Delhi, January 20:  The Central Bureau of Investigation has recorded the statement of former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in connection with alleged irregularities in the allocation of an Odisha coal block to industrialist Kumar Mangalam Birla’s company Hindalco. Although CBI officials confirmed that Singh’s statement had been recorded, they remained tight–lipped over when exactly the agency approached him.The former Prime Minister’s statement has been recorded following a direction by the Special CBI Court last month. IANS