India, Aug. 18 -- * Karnataka trapped in wire- tapping scandal

* Murky details emerge after interim report

Bengaluru: Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa said this morning that the investigation into the alleged phone tapping scandal will be handed over to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI).

The allegations of illegal phone tapping is stirring up a storm in the State that has witnessed one political crisis after another in the last one year and leading to the collapse of the H.D. Kumaraswamy-led coalition Government last month.

"All political leaders, including Congress Legislature Party leader Siddharamaiah, has sought a high-level probe into the scandal. So I have ordered a CBI probe into it," Yediyurappa told media persons outsi...