New Delhi: Ruling Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) has agreed for a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe into the alleged police encounter of three students in Patna which has snowballed into a major political controversy in Bihar.

An assurance to this effect was given by the RJD leadership to senior Congress leader Manmohan Singh, party general secretary Oscar Fernandes said on January 3.

Singh was asked by Congress president Sonia Gandhi to talk to RJD president Laloo Prasad Yadav on the issue.

Earlier in the day, Congress had ruled out withdrawal of support to Rabri Devi government in the wake of the alleged encounter but had made it clear that the incident was a "very serious" matter.

PTI