What has CBI done since 1998

•Jan 1998: CBI issues red corner notice through Interpol against Quattrocchi. • Oct, 1999: CBI files first chargesheet naming Win ...

•Jan 1998: CBI issues red corner notice through Interpol against Quattrocchi.

• Oct, 1999: CBI files first chargesheet naming Win Chadha, Quattrocchi, former Defence Secretary S K Bhatnagar, Bofors chief Martin Ardbo and Bofors Company. Former PM Rajiv Gandhi’s name figured in the chargesheet but was not sent up for trial, as he was dead.

• Dec, 1999: CBI team brings Bofors-related papers from Switzerland.

• March, 2000: CBI sends request to Malaysian govt for extradition of Quattrocchi

•Oct, 2000: CBI files supplementary chargesheet against three Hindujas

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•Dec, 2000: Malaysian Police arrest Quattrocchi on the basis of red alert. He gets bail, his passport impounded.

•June 2002: CBI moves SC against Delhi High Court order quashing CBI chargesheet against Hindujas

•Sept 2002: Supreme Court allows CBI appeal against HC order and restores the chargesheet. Malaysian lower court rejects extradition plea

•Dec 2002: CBI moves Malaysian High Court, which rejects plea

•May 2003: CBI appeals in Malaysia Federal Court for Quattrocchi’s extradition

•July 2003: CBI freezes two bank accounts of Quattrocchi

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•Jan 2004: UK Supreme Court dismisses Quattrocchi’s plea for defreezing his bank accounts

•Feb 2004: Delhi HC clears Hindujas under Prevention of Corruption Act but upholds conspiracy charge; says no evidence that bribes were paid to Rajiv Gandhi

•March, 2004: CBI traces transfer of money in Quattrocchi’s accounts from Bahamas to UK. CBI issues letter rogatory through Indian Embassy in the US for further investigations in Bahamas

•April, 2004: Malaysian Federal Court rejects extradition plea saying India has framed no charges against him.