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Bofors Scandal: CBI to send LRs to US seeking info from private detective
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
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Plea in SC seeks early hearing of plea against HC verdict in Bofors case
An application has been filed in the Supreme Court seeking an early hearing of a petition challenging the Delhi High Court's 2005 verdict which quashed all charges, including those against the Hinduja brothers, in the politically sensitive Rs 64 crore Bofors pay-off case. The application, filed by advocate Ajay Agrawal, says the apex court had on November 2, 2018 dismissed the CBI's plea against the high court verdict and said the probe agency can raise all grounds in the appeal filed by him against the same judgement. Agrawal said he had filed the petition in the top court against the high court verdict in 2005 itself and over three decades have gone by since the matter came to light. "Around 16 years have passed of filing of this case by the applicant and 35 years have passed of the occurring of this scam. All the accused persons have died in between leaving Hinduja Brothers. "There have been recurrence of scams in defence sector since the accused in this first ever scam i.e Bof
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I-T Dept's survey operation at BBC offices and memories of another 'raid'
Such incidents reinforce the impression that the government is hiding something
Has India finally buried the Bofors ghost with export of big guns?
India is turning the corner in defence equipment manufacturing. PM Modi recently said India's defence exports have shot up eight times since 2014. So have we finally laid the ghost of Bofors to rest?
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Like Bofors, set up JPC for Rafale deal: Digvijaya Singh to PM Modi
The Rajya Sabha member alleged large-scale corruption in the form of payment of commission in the Rafale deal.
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Bofors probe to continue, says CBI after withdrawing petition from Delhi HC
The agency's response came after it withdrew from a Delhi court its application to seek permission to further probe the politically sensitive Rs 64-crore Bofors payoff case
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30 years after Bofors, India to get its 1st modern artillery guns tomorrow
The first 25 guns will be bought directly from the US and the rest will be assembled in India
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Not given permission to appeal in Bofors case: CBI to SC
The CBI submission was made before a bench which was hearing a plea against HC verdict
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