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Defence Ministry has written a letter to CBI seeking a probe into the allegations of kickbacks in the 2008 Embraer aircraft deal.
A 208 million US dollar Embraer jet deal of the UPA era has come under the scanner of the US authorities over alleged payment of bribe to secure the contract.
DRDO has already sought a report from the Brazilian firm, which has said it has been looking into graft allegations over the last five years.
The company has been under investigation by the US Justice Department since 2010 when a contract with the Dominican Republic raised suspicions.
Since then, the investigation has widened to examine business dealings with eight more countries. The deal was signed in 2008 between Embraer and the DRDO for three aircraft equipped with indigenous radars for airborne early warning and control systems.