Bhagalpur: The CBI, which is probing the Rs 1,300 crore Srijan scam, on Tuesday issued a notice to the Bhagalpur district administration asking for details of the purchase of various equipment like fridge, air conditioners and heaters from a particular electronic goods shop, identified as Kalinga Sales, here.

The shop-owner, identified as M.V. Raju, a native of Odisha, purportedly had a long association with the NGO. He is alleged to have been a part of the machinations behind the fraud in the garb of supplying various gadgets to the district administration.

The Telegraph could not reach Raju for his comments in spite of several calls made to his mobile phone number.

"As far as our information goes, the electronic goods shop was the main supplier of gadgets not only to the Bhagalpur district administration, but also to senior administrative officials. There are suspicions of fake purchases made just on paper and CBI officials want to verify it," a source connected with previous investigations into the scam told The Telegraph.

The source added that the owner of the shop had a long association with Manorama Devi, the late founder of Srijan, as well as Yadav.

He is also understood to have been close to a former district magistrate of Bhagalpur, during whose tenure a letter, containing directions to deposit government funds in Srijan account, was issued.

A senior official who was a part of the special investigation team (SIT) that probed the scam before the CBI took over the case, said Raju absconded when the SIT raided Kalinga Sales.