New Delhi: The Government has ordered a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe into an illegal visa racket allegedly involving some officials posted in the Indian High Commission in Britain, sources in the investigating agency said on yesterday (Nov 2).

The CBI probe followed a request from the Ministry of External Affairs in the wake of certain allegations levelled by Scotland Yard that some officials posted in Indian missions in Britain were involved in forging travel documents.

A team of Scotland Yard had visited the CBI headquarters in Delhi recently, seeking its help in the probe as Britain's Immigration Department has registered a case in this connection, the sources said.

This is the second case of allegations levelled against officials posted in Indian missions abroad. Earlier, two officials posted in the mission in Trinidad and Tobago were booked by CBI for stealing the passports meant for emergency purposes.

PTI