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CBI registers preliminary enquiry in Judev case

By Our Special Correspondent

NEW DELHI NOV. 18. The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has registered a Preliminary Enquiry (PE) regarding the controversial allegations showing the Union Minister of State for Environment and Forests, Dilip Singh Judev, on a video CD accepting cash. The `expose' by a national daily led to the resignation of the Minister.

According to a brief communication to the agency by the Cabinet Secretariat, the CBI would look into all aspects of the allegations. A CBI spokesman said the agency would probe whether the video CD was doctored or fabricated, how many persons were shown in it and if the Minister was involved in the `bribery' incident.

The communication to the CBI also appended a few newspaper clippings, asking the agency to probe the affair from all angles. It would be the second high-profile case from the new State of Chhattisgarh - the first being against the Chief Minister, Ajit Jogi, in which the agency recently filed a chargesheet in a Delhi court.

Sources said experts of the Central Forensic Science Laboratory would look into the VCD's authenticity.

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