The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has asked the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) if there is “concrete evidence” linking the eight IAS officers it has sought to prosecute with arms dealers in the alleged multi-crore gun licence scam in Jammu and Kashmir.

In a communication to the CBI director dated September 1, the MHA asked the agency to clarify whether there was “any money trail” in the case and “any evidence to suggest that the DMs received share of proceeds from the sale of weapons”. The letter is part of the ministry’s status report submitted to the Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh High Court on October 9.

The CBI is probing irregularities in issuing over 2.74 lakh gun licences between 2012 and 2016 — when J&K was still a state — by district magistrates, deputy commissioners and l

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