CBI seeks Denel details from UK

Pushing its probe into alleged irregularities in securing the contract for supply of rifles to the Indian Army by South African firm Denel, CBI has sent letters rogatory (LR) to South Africa, the United Kingdom and Hong Kong to seek more details about the company as well as the British intermediatory which helped in clinching the deal.

Highly-placed CBI sources said that the LR were sent to South Africa, Hong Kong, and the Isle of Man—whose administrative responsibility lay with the British government—on December 23. The office of the intermediatory, Varas Associates, is located on the island. The permission for the LR was sought from the Union Home Ministry.