Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram on Sunday slammed the CBI for "indiscriminately targetting" some of the bankers, saying the agency has received "ultimate certificate" on its action from Union Minister Arun Jaitley, who had criticised it.

In a series of tweets, the former finance and home minister said he was glad that Jaitley's conscience and legal acumen have finally stirred to condemn the "indiscriminate targetting of eminent bankers", in cases where the allegations are about thousands of crores of rupees. "The CBI has received the ultimate certificate from the one who has the best ringside seat, the finance minister (on leave): 'Adventurism and megalomania have overtaken investigators'!" he said.