Click to play videoNew Delhi: India was embarrassed when a court in El Dorado, Argentina, refused its request to extradite Ottavio Quattrocchi but the way it presented its case the Italian businessman was sure to get away.
The Central Bureau of Investigation seemed hardly serious in bringing Quattrocchi to India to face trial. Judge Hachiro Doi, who refused to extradite Quattrocchi last Saturday, has now said that India did not even present proper legal documents for extraditing the businessman.
Quattrocchi was detained on February 6 on a 1997 Interpol Red Corner notice, but the CBI did not submit the reasons behind issuing the red corner notice—a legal must in Argentina.
The Indian government de-freezing Quattrocchi's London bank accounts, which alleged contained Bofors kickback money, was also termed as a primary reason for turning down India's extradition request. The judge's remarks have now put a question mark over the CBI's motives. Many now question whether the CBI was working under political pressure.
"This is helping out Quattrocchi; this is a 'Save Quattrocchi' campaign,” alleged BJP spokesperson Prakash Javedekar.
The CBI headquaters has refused to officially comment on the goof up in Argentina. But according to Argentinean laws, the public prosecutor fighting India's case has to file an appeal in the Supreme Court against the lower court verdict. India has to decide whether to fight it till the end or withdraw right now.
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