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Guwahati : The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Thursday has started probe into the multi-crore rupees Louis Berger scam in Assam.
 
A team of the prime investigating agency headed by an Inspector had collected info, documents from three petitioners who filed petition before the Gauhati High court to seek a high level probe into the muti-crore rupees scam.
 
'We had provided all the documents accessed from the US company Louis Berger to the investigating agency. We hope the investigation will unearth the entire scam,' a petitioner Bhaben Handique said.
 
The CBI team had also collected information of the scam from the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) office.
 
Earlier, the Gauhati High Court had directed CBI to probe the multi-crore rupees scam. 
 
The court directed CBI to probe the scam after the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of Assam police failed to file charge sheet of the scam before the court. 
 
Sources said that, CBI probe may be invited trouble to some bureaucrats and political leaders, who accepted crore of rupees bribe from the New  Jerasy based company to award of contracts for big water supply project in Guwahati.
 
(Reporting by Hemanta Kumar Nath)