02-24-2007, 12:19 AM
<b>Quattrocchi held in Argentina</b><!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Quattrocchi, 69, was detained at the Iguazu International Airport in Misiones province of Argentina on February 6. âThe CBI has been informed by the Argentine authorities that Italian national Ottavio Quattrocchi, an accused in the Bofors case and subject of Interpol Red Corner notice A-44/2/1997 (issued in 1997), has been detained and taken in preventive custody on February 6,â said a CBI statement.
The CBI said a request to extradite Quattrocchi to India would be presented through diplomatic channels to the designated Argentine court.
The Bofors scandal involving kickbacks worth Rs 64 crore allegedly paid to middlemen in the purchase of Howitzers, broke in April 1987. The case is still pending in the Supreme Court after the Delhi High Court quashed all the charges against the Europe-based Hinduja brothers. The CBI did not challenge the HC verdict but the Supreme Court has admitted a PIL against it
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Lets see how Queen is going to save him. She should marry him.
CBI kept this sceret for more than 2 weeks. <!--emo&:o--><img src='style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/ohmy.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='ohmy.gif' /><!--endemo-->
The CBI said a request to extradite Quattrocchi to India would be presented through diplomatic channels to the designated Argentine court.
The Bofors scandal involving kickbacks worth Rs 64 crore allegedly paid to middlemen in the purchase of Howitzers, broke in April 1987. The case is still pending in the Supreme Court after the Delhi High Court quashed all the charges against the Europe-based Hinduja brothers. The CBI did not challenge the HC verdict but the Supreme Court has admitted a PIL against it
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Lets see how Queen is going to save him. She should marry him.
CBI kept this sceret for more than 2 weeks. <!--emo&:o--><img src='style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/ohmy.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='ohmy.gif' /><!--endemo-->