CBI is studying the CAG report of on AgustaWestland helicopter deal tabled in Parliament today and might file new cases if it detects any aspect of criminality in it.        

Agency sources said although the mandate of the Comptroller and Auditor General and CBI are completely different the probe agency is looking into the report to assess if any new information has been added which would require a probe by it.        

In its report tabled in Parliament today, the CAG questioned the decision of the then IAF chief to hold the trials of the two contenders for the deal abroad.   The CAG also noted that the benchmark cost of Rs 4,871.5 crore for the 12 VVIP choppers was "unreasonably high" as compared to the Rs 3,966 crore quoted by AgustaWestland.        

"Several instances have been observed where the Defence Ministry deviated from the 2006 Defence Procurement Procedure and the tender for the deal issued in September 2006," the report stated.