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CBI CHIEF CONTRADICTS SIBAL; WRONG TO SAY 'ZERO LOSS'

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New Delhi, Feb 15 (PTI)   CBI Director A P Singh today contradicted Telcom Minister Kapil Sibal on his claim that the 2G spectrum allocation had caused "zero loss" to the national exchequer as he appeared before Parliament's Public Accounts Committee (PAC).          Singh was quizzed by the members of the Committee on various aspects of the 2G spectrum allocation which  the CBI is investigating .            "As far as he (Singh) has seen the case, to say 'zero loss' is wrong," PAC chairman Murli Manohar Joshi told a press conference after the meeting.           A member of the Committee said the CBI chief was of the view that it would be "wrong to say that there was zero sum loss in allocation of 2 G spectrum on first-come-first-serve basis.