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Procurement of 1,000 buses by Delhi govt: MHA recommends preliminary probe by CBI

NEW DELHI: Weeks after Delhi lieutenant governor Anil Baijal had referred the matter to the ministry of home affairs (MHA) in July for its consideration, the MHA has recommended a preliminary inquiry by the Central Bureau of Investigation into procurement of 1,000 low-floor buses by the Delhi government, PTI quoted officials as saying on Thursday.

The matter of "corruption" in the annual maintenance contract (AMC) of the bus procurement by the Delhi Transport Corporation was raised by the Bharatiya Janata Party in Delhi Assembly in March this year.

A three-member committee formed by Baijal in June had found procedural "flaws" in the AMC and recommended scrapping it.

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