The CBI has accepted Maharashtra government's request to take over the probe into the Sheena Bora murder case which involved "many financial transactions", Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis today said.

"Before we sent them (the Union Government) a request to take over the investigation into the Sheena Bora murder case, we had informal conversations with central government and CBI officers. They have agreed to take up the investigation in the case," he told reporters here, adding that the notification for the same may have been issued by now.