The CBI has summoned former Uttar Pradesh ministers Babulal Kushwaha and Anant Mishra to Delhi for questioning in connection with the multi-crore National Rural Health Mission scam. AIR correspondent reports, the ministers have been asked to appear before the agency tomorrow and on Wednesday for questioning at the CBI headquarters.

The Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court had on July 27 directed the CBI to probe the alleged murder of two Chief Medical Officers and also into the alleged irregularities in implementation of the National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) within three months.

The CBI had started the probe into alleged irregularities in the spending of 10,000 crore rupees allocated to Uttar Pradesh as central funds under NRHM, after registering five preliminary enquiries following the orders of the High Court.