Instead, it would wait for response to a letter rogatory sent to Malaysia on the matter.
This is a change of stance from what it had recently told the Supreme Court -- that it could go ahead on the basis of the evidence gathered so far.
A letter rogatory is a formal request sent through a court in one country to the appropriate judicial authority in another, requesting for information or evidence on a case.
The Aircel-Maxis deal involved DMK leader and former telecom minister Dayanidhi Maran and Kuala Lumpur-based tycoon T Ananda Krishnan.
The case is among 140 pending LRs in several matters. Some are pending for over two decades, as in a case against Air France for which CBI had got an LR sent to France in the early 1990s.
Recent cases awaiting a response include the Queen Baton Relay scam of the Commonwealth Games.
The investigation against telecom scam accused and former telecom minister A Raja also
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