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http://www.indianexpress.com/full_story....t_id=85845
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Defreezing Quattrocchi UK accounts: CBI opposed it, Law Ministry wanted it
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Bofors Addl Solicitor General who went to London said CBI has no basis to keep accounts frozen; agency objected on record

<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Union Law Minister H R Bhardwaj claimed today that it was the CBI’s clean chit to Bofors-accused Ottavio Quattrocchi that was communicated to authorities in London where the Italian businessman’s Rs 21 crore lies frozen since July 2003. Official records show that the CBI hasn’t given Quattrocchi a clean chit, it’s the Government’s Law officers who have been taking that stand. Documents with The Indian Express show that the CBI has, in fact, been opposed to the defreezing of Quattrocchi’s accounts. Additional Solicitor General B Dutta, who reports to Bhardwaj, has been pushing for the unfreezing saying that the CBI “has no justification” resisting it.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->

<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->In 2004 itself, Stephen Hellman, counsel for the Crown Prosecution Service, had suggested to CBI that to keep the two accounts frozen, it should declare Quattrocchi a proclaimed offender under Section 82 of Criminal Procedure Code (CrPC) and attach his properties under Section 83.

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Here is another gem from CON men..

http://ia.rediff.com/news/2006/jan/13bofor...?q=np&file=.htm

Congress steers clear of Quattrocchi issue

<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->"It is not for us to answer. It is the legal response of a department of the government. The Congress has nothing to do with the record or with decision-making," Singhvi said briefing newsmen in Delhi.

"There is no question of approval or disapproval of the Congress," Singhvi, replying to a question, said whether the evidence against the Bofors agent Quattrocchi was suficient or not was for the legal department to decide.

"This is a decision for the legal department and the Central Bureau of Investigation. Direct your inquiry elsewhere," he said.

Expressing legal opinion, the Congress spokesman said according to the law the accounts of an individual could not be frozen beyond a certain period.

There must be evidence to justify extension for keeping the account frozen.

"Whether the view of the law ministry is justified or not, it is for the ministry to answer. I am not privy to any material," he said.
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