CBI has sent a judicial request to the United States seeking information from private investigator Michael Hershman. He had expressed willingness to share with Indian agencies crucial details about the Rs 64-crore Bofors bribery scandal of the 1980s. The need for Letters Rotatory arose because letters and reminders to the US authorities on November 8, 2023, December 21,2023, May 13, 2024 and August 14, 2024, did not yield any information. The CBI also approached the Finance Ministry seeking documents pertaining to engagement of Hersh man and if any report was submitted by him but the records of that time could not be furnished to the agency. The scam pertains to allegations of a Rs 64crore bribe in a Rs 1,437-crores deal with Swedish firm Bofor. The allegations created a big scandal for the Rajiv Gandhi government and have been used by rival parties to target the Congress. The Delhi High Court had exonerated Rajiv Gandhian in 2004, nearly 13 years after he was assassinated by the LTTE in a suicide attack.
CBI has sent a judicial request to the United States seeking informati….
