The CBI will send letters rogatory to the UK, the UAE and South Korea in connection with a bribery case against lobbyist Sanjay Bhandari who is accused of influencing a contract related to an ONGC Petro Additions Ltd (OPAL) plant in Gujarat, officials said Tuesday.
The contract was for setting up a dual feed cracker unit (DFCU) at OPAL plant in Dahej.
The agency has filed three applications seeking the issuance of letters rogatory, a judicial request by a court for assistance of a foreign court, to the UAE, the U.K. and South Korea for information related to the case and accused individuals and companies, the officials said.
