Furnish all documents, CBI tells MoD

New Delhi: The CBI on Thursday asked the defence ministry to furnish all documents, including its internal investigation, for registering a formal enquiry into alleged kickbacks in the acquisition of 12 helicopters from Italian firm AgustaWestland.

A CBI team met a joint secretary-level officer in the defence ministry, who is also acquisition manager (air), and sought all records required to proceed with the probe into the Rs 3,600 crore deal, agency sources said. During the meeting, the CBI team asked the ministry to provide files related to any internal enquiry undertaken by it in connection with alleged payment of bribes, sources said.

The agency also asked ministry officials to provide conclusions arrived at in the probe.Sources said the agency got the 64-page report filed by Italian prosecutors through informal channels but it could not proceed with the probe on this basis. They said they had gone through the complaint given by the defence ministry and initial reports but that was not sufficient to file a preliminary enquiry. According to sources, defence ministry has deputed an IAF officer as nodal officer to help the CBI.

Furnish all documents, CBI tells MoD

The CBI on Thursday asked the defence ministry to furnish all documents, including its internal investigation, for registering a formal enquiry into alleged kickbacks in the acquisition of 12 helicopters from Italian firm AgustaWestland.

A CBI team met a joint secretary-level officer in the defence ministry, who is also acquisition manager (air), and sought all records required to proceed with the probe into the Rs 3,600 crore deal, agency sources said. During the meeting, the CBI team asked the ministry to provide files related to any internal enquiry undertaken by it in connection with alleged payment of bribes, sources said. The agency also asked ministry officials to provide conclusions arrived at in the probe.Sources said the agency got the 64-page report filed by Italian prosecutors through informal channels but it could not proceed with the probe on this basis. They said they had gone through the complaint given by the defence ministry and initial reports but that was not sufficient to file a preliminary enquiry. According to sources, defence ministry has deputed an IAF officer as nodal officer to help the CBI.