<p>CBI is examining a letter written by BJP leader Arun Jaitley levelling corruption allegations against Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh and does not rule out the possibility of examining the Congress veteran at a later stage.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Jaitley, leader of opposition in Rajya Sabha, had written the letter to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and marked a copy to CBI Director Ranjit Sinha making various corruption allegations against Virbhadra Singh including that he received pay offs of over Rs two crore from a private steel firm during his tenure as Union Steel Minister.<br /><br />Virbhadra Singh has denied all charges and said that he was ready for a probe by any agency.<br /><br />Official sources said they were examining the letter written by Jaitley as the agency had already included the allegations levelled against Singh in a Preliminary Enquiry registered last year at the request of State Trading Corporation which had called for a CBI probe.<br /><br />The STC had requested for a probe as Income Tax department had recovered a set of documents from a Mumbai- based steel firm which alleged pay off to various ministries and some of the entries were marked against initials of 'VBS' and 'MoS APS'.<br /><br />There were four entries made to the listed beneficiary -- 'VBS'--which totalled up to Rs 2.8 crore from October, 2009 to October, 2010. Singh was Steel Minister from May 28, 2009 to January 18, 2011.<br /><br />The CBI, which is probing the case, did not rule out the possibility of examining Singh and his family members in connection with the case, they said.</p>
<p>CBI is examining a letter written by BJP leader Arun Jaitley levelling corruption allegations against Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh and does not rule out the possibility of examining the Congress veteran at a later stage.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Jaitley, leader of opposition in Rajya Sabha, had written the letter to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and marked a copy to CBI Director Ranjit Sinha making various corruption allegations against Virbhadra Singh including that he received pay offs of over Rs two crore from a private steel firm during his tenure as Union Steel Minister.<br /><br />Virbhadra Singh has denied all charges and said that he was ready for a probe by any agency.<br /><br />Official sources said they were examining the letter written by Jaitley as the agency had already included the allegations levelled against Singh in a Preliminary Enquiry registered last year at the request of State Trading Corporation which had called for a CBI probe.<br /><br />The STC had requested for a probe as Income Tax department had recovered a set of documents from a Mumbai- based steel firm which alleged pay off to various ministries and some of the entries were marked against initials of 'VBS' and 'MoS APS'.<br /><br />There were four entries made to the listed beneficiary -- 'VBS'--which totalled up to Rs 2.8 crore from October, 2009 to October, 2010. Singh was Steel Minister from May 28, 2009 to January 18, 2011.<br /><br />The CBI, which is probing the case, did not rule out the possibility of examining Singh and his family members in connection with the case, they said.</p>