Chandigarh, Nov 22: The CBI today said it has not received any request from the Maharashtra government so far in the Rs 30,000 crore Telgi stamp paper scam. Dismissing reports suggesting that the premier probe agency had declined to investigate the case, CBI director P C Sharma said "if we have a specific request we will take it".
He said the Additional Solicitor General, Mumbai, had written a letter to the CBI, saying the scam had its fallout virtually in all states of the country.
"We did write back at that time that it will be impossible to take cases in every state, but at that time or now we did not have any request from the Maharashtra government," he said addressing a press conference here.
Congress chief ministers in Maharashtra and Karnataka had expressed reservations over a CBI probe into the scam.
However, Maharashtra Governor Mohammad Fazal during his consultations with Deputy Prime Minister L K Advani recently had favoured a CBI probe as it allegedly involved top policemen of the state.
Bureau Report