India to seek extradition of arms scandal fugitive
Reuters, New Delhi
India is to ask Argentina to extradite an Italian businessman wanted in a high-profile arms scandal and linked to the head of India's ruling party following his detention there this month, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) said. Ottavio Quattrocchi, a key accused in the Bofors gun scandal, was taken into preventive custody on Feb. 6 at Iguazu International Airport in the Argentine province of Misiones while in transit to Buenos Aires, the CBI said in a statement late on Friday. The CBI, "after confirming the veracity of Quattrocchi's identity and detention, has requested the Ministry of External Affairs for sending the extradition request through diplomatic channels to the government of Argentina," it said.
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