“Most contacts also say that he has purged the state administration of petty corruption at the mid and lower levels of the bureaucracy.
However, several people tell us that big ticket corruption is still common,” it added.
The controversy dates back to 2006, when Mumbai-based US Consul General Michael S Owen, according to WikiLeaks, met Modi.
WikiLeaks tweeted the secret cable on the minutes of the meeting in which it was also stated that the US Embassy in Delhi had cleared the document.
