Click to play videoNew Delhi: Ottavio Quattrocchi, the main accused in the Bofors scandal, is almost off the hook but the country's top investigating agency, the CBI, is again in controversy for letting the Italian middleman of arms deal go scot-free, allegedly under pressure from the Congress led UPA government.
Union Law Minister Hansraj Bhardwaj said, "There is nothing in the case and the courts know. The courts have thrown it out 3 times."
The CBI has made it very clear that it has acted on the advice of legal experts and senior government officials. But is the government trying to buy time and play safe by telling the court that it wants to examine all legal options in the next two months?
The two months will give the Congress the breathing space to see the election through with the BJP reviving the ghost of Bofors to target it in the election campaign.
Interestingly, more than three weeks after the Attorney general's opinion to scrap the red corner notice, the CBI told the court: The red corner notice (RCN) against Quattrocchi is still in existence and the CBI is taking up the matter for extradition of the accused.
All this has only raised serious doubts about the CBI's credibility.
Leader, CPI-M Sitaram Yechury said, "All these developments are only giving credence to suspicion that CBI is acting on behalf of ruling party."
(With inputs from Sumon Chakrobarti)
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