CNN IBN expose – Bofors Case investigation Expenses were shown more to close the Bofors Case RTI expose

CNN IBN expose – Bofors Case investigation Expenses
were shown more to close the Bofors Case RTI expose

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) did not spend over Rs 250 crores in its efforts to get Ottavio Quattrocchi.

Through Right to information act, application CNN IBN found that
Only Rs.5 Crore were spent.


Why the Bofors Case was shut down or close down by Court?
One of the reasons to close the Bofors case investigations was that more expenses.
Wastage of money.
CBI judge Vinod Yadav said as against the alleged kickback of Rs 64 crores, the CBI by the year 2005 had already spent around Rs 250 crores on the investigation which is a sheer wastage of public money.

Under Right to information act the real expenses revealed it shows very very less expenses.

Year 1996-99 –
CBI director Joginder Singh went to Switzerland with two of his colleagues for four days.
Total expenses amounted to Rs two lakhs.

Year 2004 –
CBI director Vijay Shankar went to Switzerland for 12 days with two different colleagues.
Total expenses, expenditure amounted to Rs. 14 Lakh.

Year 2006 –
CBI visited to London for 15 days
Total expenses, expenditure amounted to just over Rs.8 Lakh

Thus from 1995 to 2006 only Rs. 49, 53, 343 spent on foreign trips.

Reality views by sm –
Monday, April 04, 2011

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Source – ibnlive.in.com