New Delhi, March 23 -- Former Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis on Tuesday handed over some key documents, including the clinching audio tapes related to the transfer-posting racket in Maharashtra, to Union Home Secretary A.K. Bhalla on Tuesday.

"I have requested a CBI probe into the placements racket and the Home Secretary has assured me that after examining the documents, the government would take appropriate action," the BJP leader told mediapersons outside the North Block, which houses the Home Ministry's office.

The transcripts and telephonic conversations between top IPS officers in Maharashtra and power brokers, recorded by the Commissioner of State Intelligence, give an insight into how at the behest of powerful people in Maharasht...