Parrikar asks CBI to probe Embraer aircraft deal
Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar has written to the Central Bureau of Investigation seeking a probe into the bribery allegations in the $208 million Embraer aircraft deal signed in 2008. The deal was signed between Embraer and the DRDO during the UPA-1 rule, for the purchase of three Brazilian aircrafts equipped with indigenous radars for Airborne Early Warning and Control Systems.