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The CBI could finally receive "part execution" reports

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from the UK and Bermuda, the probe agency said in the presentation and added that "further reports are awaited and are being expedited". In its presentation, the CBI said detailed queries were received from Malaysia and the response to the same have been forwarded to Malaysian authorities. It said the Letter Rogatory to Malaysia has been pursued through two visits by a CBI team in the recent past. A Letter Rogatory is a formal request issued by a competent court to a foreign court and processed by the Ministry of External Affairs on behalf of the investigative agencies to obtain information about individuals and entities. Even prior to sending of the Letters Rogatory, the Enforcement Directorate, which is jointly probing the multi-crore rupee scam with the CBI, had approached their counterparts in countries having footprints of some telecom companies allotted spectrum between September 2007 to January 2008, on a semi-formal basis.

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First Published: Feb 17 2013 | 1:00 PM IST

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