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Bofors Case
Journalist and author Chitra Subramaniam has asked the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to make public its discoveries from the "box of evidence" received from Switzerland on Bofors payoffs which, the former officers said, were used in the probe and submitted before the court as evidence in its charge sheet. In an exclusive interview with PTI, the author of 'Boforsgate: A Journalist's Pursuit of Truth' said, "We should be told who opened the box, when it was opened, what was in the boxes." She also wondered if the commission in the deal was 18 per cent, as suggested by the evidence Swedish firm Bofors gave to the Indian government. "Secondly, why would George Fernandez, who was then the defence minister, tell me at the end of 1999 that he was told by Brijesh Mishra not to open the box?" Subramaniam, who has remained firm in her stance on the issue, said, "The CBI is saying what it has to say. I have to say what I have to say." Former Director General of Rajasthan Police, O P .
The CBI will soon send a judicial request to the United States seeking information from private investigator Michael Hershman who had expressed willingness to share with Indian agencies crucial details about the Rs 64-crore Bofors bribery scandal of the 1980s, officials said Sunday. The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has also informed a special court, which is hearing the agency's plea for further probe into the matter, about the developments. The process to send the Letters Rogatory (LR) was initiated in October this year, and it is expected to take around 90 days before the formal request is sent to the US, aimed at obtaining information to further investigate the alleged bribery case, the officials said. A Letter Rogatory is a written request sent by the court of one country to the court of another country to obtain assistance in the investigation or prosecution of a criminal matter. While the Delhi High Court had exonerated former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi in 2004, a y