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    • Agencies Tags : CBI, Quattrocchi, Bofors pay off case Posted: Saturday , Oct 03, 2009 at 1312 hrs New Delhi:
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    CBI on Saturday filed an application before a Delhi court seeking closure of the Bofors pay off case against Italian businessman Ottavio Quattrocchi.

    In the plea filed before Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Kaveri Baweja, the probe agency said all efforts to extradite Quattrocchi for facing the trial here has failed.

    The agency opposed the plea of advocate Ajay Agrawal, who had filed an application in his personal capacity pleading rejection of the closure report, on the ground that he has no "locus standi" to intervene in the matter.

    Additional Solicitor General (ASG) P P Malhotra said the court has limited role in deciding the application and the CBI's plea can only be turned down on the ground that it has been filed under extraneous considerations and the investigating agency has not applied its mind.

    Quattrocchi, the sole surviving accused in the two-decade-old case after the Delhi High Court quashed the charges on May 31, 2005 against other accused, has never appeared before any court in the country.

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    CBI contended that the continued prosecution of Quattrocchi was "unjustified" in the light of various factors including the failed attempts to extradite him.

    Malhotra further said that all other accused are either dead or charges against them have been quashed by the Delhi High Court.

    "I find that the continuance of the prosecution against Quattrocchi will be unjustified.It is considered expedient in the interest of justice that the proceedings against him should not be continued and be withdrawn," the ASG said.

    The nine-page application filed by the CBI said, "It is humbly and respectfully prayed that the court may consent to the withdrawal of the case."

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    et tu brutusBy: nitin mathur | 04-Oct-2009 Reply | Forward My heart beats for all those who love to damn the Congress and its dubious role. The answers should come from VPSingh, Advani, Arun Jaitley and Ram Jethmalani who when all resources were available in 1989, 1996 and 1998 governments did not ensure that CBI take all steps so that if it needs clearances from Home Ministry/Law Ministry etc. they could have prioritised the acts. These irresponsible leaders who won many an election in the name of Bofors and use unparliamentary language for Rajiv did a real disservice in ot bringing the culprit to be booked. They are the modern Brutus who murdered the electorate who voted them to power. How can now expect acts from Congress or UPA-I, UPA-II alliances one wonders...Who are the beneficiary allowing with W and Q? Is there truth in H? Will all CBI directors please speak up? Or we need a Tehelka to expose politicians all over again.
    et tu brutusBy: Dr S Shankar Singh | 05-Oct-2009 Reply | Forward According to you all leaders utilised Bofors to win elections. By implication possibly acciording to you, the person who receiveed the kickbacks, is the cleanest person. He should not be pursued. People are unnecessarily raising hue and cry. For your information it during NDA Govt regime that first FIR was filed and Quattrocchi's London account was frozen.
    Quattrocchi ' the Swindler ' and CBIBy: Dr S Shankar Singh | 04-Oct-2009 Reply | Forward It appears that there has been a relentless sustained effort to sabotage the investigations. Invisible hand of a ' Big Fish ' is clearly present behind the scene to help Quattrocchi out. CBI on its part is providing its incompetence as an evidence in support of of Quattrocchi being innocent. CBI , obviously, is not seving ' national interest ' but that of ' Quattrocchi and his mentor in Delhi ' the Big Fish '. CBI can be better described as ' Congress Bureau of Incompetence '. Congress led UPA Govt is destroying and demoralising a premier investgative agency.
    when cases are started , evidence is not to be looked intoBy: m kumar | 04-Oct-2009 Reply | Forward cognizance of offence is taken on the basis of a story only. This is what happens when no evidence is to be looked into at the stage of taking cognizance and starting proceeding. Therefore, evidence must be looked into at the cognizance stage itself
    Rahul Godfather is Mr.QBy: freddie (Indian) | 03-Oct-2009 Reply | Forward CBI directors are crooks who worked for the congress. As a kid I have been to CBI office most of the working there are crooks who are like wild elephant waiting to catch a goat. It is nothing new that Bofors case is closed down because Rahul Babe said it that it is a dead case. May be Mr.Q is his godfather and must be trying to save him. Good that I'm not living in Indis along with bunch of Idiot Politican and puppet govt.
    TAKE CARE IN FUTUREBy: NAVIN ASTI | 03-Oct-2009 Reply | Forward CBI and all other officers responsible for the planned miscarriage of this case should in future take consent from Italian Congress High command and Man..Singh to take up a case or not.In this case, investigating agencies enjoyed all the way on hard earned money of poor public of the Nation.It was not Sonia's or Man..Singh's money.If such drama continues,it is likely public may take you as well as your political God Fathers to task.People in chair should know that you cannot fool all at all times.Does Mr.Q(being Italian)not come in the defn. of"BIG FISH" ofMr.Man..Singh?
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