"I have never instructed my counsel to agree that I would come to India for interrogation. In this circumstance, therefore it cannot be alleged that any commitment was made by me directly or indirectly to that effect," Quattrocchi said in a faxed press release signed at Milano in Italy.He claimed that this was stated in his application seeking modification of February 22 order of the Supreme Court and added that his counsel "did not have the chance to discuss" during the March 26 proceedings.

The SC on March 26 upheld the arrest warrant issued against him while strongly disapproving his approach towards the court. "We firmly disapprove the manner in which petitioner Quattrocchi has conducted himself," a Division Bench comprising Justices G T Nanavati and S P Kurdukar had observedwhen Attorney General Soli Sorabjee pointed out that the accused failed to honour his word before the SC to appear before the trial court on March 15.

Quattrocchi reiterated he was ready for questioning either at Kuala Lumpur or in Italy in the same manner as was done in similar cases by the CBI abroad.