The Supreme Court on Tuesday (December 2) asked the Arunachal Pradesh government to file a comprehensive affidavit giving details of the contracts awarded from 2015 to 2025, including those to firms of family members of Chief Minister Pema Khandu, saying the statistics are "telling".

A bench of justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta, which observed it would consider whether any inquiry is required or not, passed the order while hearing a plea seeking a CBI probe into the award of contracts for public works in Arunachal Pradesh to the firms owned by the family members of Khandu.

"The coincidence is absolutely remarkable," the bench observed, adding that it was alleged before it that the difference between tenders of the competing firms was miniscule.

The bench said if the difference was

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