New Delhi: Amid a raging controversy at home over the Quattrocchi issue, the CBI has hired a local law firm in Argentina to assist it in the proceedings for the extradition of Italian businessman Ottavio Quattrocchi, who is wanted in India in connection with the Bofors kickbacks case.
PTI quoted Indian Ambassador Pramathesh Rath as saying that the CBI team, which was currently in El Dorado city, has appointed a lawyer who would assist the public prosecutor given by the Argentinean Government to plead CBI's before the judge there.
There was no confirmation of reports that the judge would commence initial hearing of evidence before the actual proceedings from March 22.
Meanwhile, Quattrocchi has moved to a private apartment from the Sheraton Hotel after constant media chase, which his lawyer said was annoying and a harassment.
Quattrocchi was detained in Iguazo International Airport in Argentina's Misiones province on February 7 on the basis of an Interpol Red Corner Notice. He was given bail by an Argentinean court on February 27, but ordered not to leave the country.
A two-member team of CBI officials has gone to Argentina to get him extradited to India. The Argentine government has already sent papers submitted by India for his extradition to a court in El Dorado city in Misiones.
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