New Delhi, Dec. 3 -- The Supreme Court on Tuesday found "remarkable coincidence" of how huge contracts for development works in Arunachal Pradesh's Tawang district were awarded to firms linked to chief minister Pema Khandu or his family members as the court directed the state to provide data in this regard for other districts in the state as well.

Hearing a public interest litigation seeking an independent probe against the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and state CM over allegations of providing state largesse to his family members, the bench of justices VIkram Nath and Sandeep Mehta said, "The coincidence is remarkable that in a state work orders and tenders are given to family members in huge numbers."

The court was responding t...