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Bofors scam: CBI sends judicial request to US, seeks information from investigator
March 06, 2025 2:37 am
In 2017, private investigator Michael Hershman had alleged that the Bofors scam probe was derailed by the Congress government and said he was willing to share details with the CBI.
Book says Bofors boxes unopened, CBI officers say no, used as evidence
March 04, 2025 1:56 pm
"The CBI should have told us what they found and shared the information with us. Why was it all done so quietly?’’ asks journalist Chitra Subramaniam, the author of Bofors Gate.
How Bofors Deep Throat stuck his neck out – to reveal truth, nail lie of Congress govt
February 28, 2025 7:51 am
Subramaniam nicknamed her principal source simply as “Sting’’. His real name, Sten Lindstrom, surfaced for the first time in 2012 and even then went largely unnoticed.
Bofors: CBI to send LRs to the US seeking information from private detective
December 01, 2024 8:45 pm
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.
Plea in Bofors scam pending since 2005, advocate urges SC for urgent hearing
March 10, 2024 7:48 am
According to the advocate, the seniormost officers of the Army, including its Chief of Staff, consecutively for four years in a series of trials and meetings “preferred Sofma over Bofors since it had a better shooting range of 29 kms, while Bofors had only 21 kms”.
CBI drops Bofors probe plea, does U-turn after court says it’s surprised
May 17, 2019 4:40 am
Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Navin Kumar Kashyap observed that “for the reason best known to the CBI, in case they want to withdraw the application, they have the right as they are the applicants”.
Where is the Rafale bribe money?
March 17, 2019 12:30 am
It is not just the Air Force that struggles along without the modernisation it needs. The Army and Navy fare no better. During the Kargil War, we found to our horror that the Army did not have enough coffins to bring dead soldiers back from that mountainous battlefield.
First induction of artillery guns since Bofors, minister credits NDA
November 10, 2018 12:28 am
Speaking at the induction ceremony, Sitharaman said, “It must go to our credit, and the credit of the present government, that two most modern and state-of-the-art gun systems are being inducted into the Indian Army."
Shield CBI from political obstruction on Bofors cases: Parliamentary panel draft report
April 25, 2018 7:06 pm
The CBI recently filed a petition in the Supreme Court challenging a 2005 order of the Delhi High Court quashing all charges against those accused in the politically-sensitive pay-off case.
Despite Attorney General's advice, CBI moves Supreme Court to re-open Bofors case
February 03, 2018 10:44 am
Bofors case: The CBI attributed the delay in filing the SLP against the 2005 High Court order to the then (UPA) government's refusal to grant it permission to approach the court.
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