"Let CBI take action against M K Subba" says Supreme Court

New Delhi, Jan 13 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Wednesday said that it is left for the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to take appropriate action against controversial MP M K Subba.

Earlier, the apex court had ordered for a CBI inquiry on a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) alleging that Subba was a resident of Nepal and had acquired Indian citizenship by false methods.

Hearing a PIL the Supreme Court bench headed by Chief Justice K G Balakrishnan said: "Let CBI take appropriate action."

The PIL, was filed by Birendra Nath Singh in 2005, had alleged that Subha a lottery baron had come to India after a murder case was registered against him in Nepal in the early 1970s.

Subba had claimed before the apex court that he was born in Dadgram village in Darjeeling district of West Bengal and his parents had migrated from Singtam village in Sikkim.

Subba has been elected to the 12th, 13th and 14th Lok Sabha from Tezpur (Assam) on Congress ticket. (ANI)