Q papers cleared for trial

The attempts to seek extradition of Bofors accused Ottavio Quattrocchi moved a step forward today when the Argentinian Government cleared the papers submitted by the Indian Government for proceedings before a Federal court in a province.

8220;The Argentinian Foreign Office has informed us that the extradition papers of Indian Government have been sent to the Judge,8221; Indian Ambassador Pramathesh Rath said.

Asked when would the trial begin, he said the matter was now before the judge and it was up to him. According to a communication sent to the CBI, the Argentinian Foreign Office, after going through documents related to India8217;s request for extradition of Quattrocchi, found them intact and decided to send them to the Federal Court.