Follow. What is the Bofors scam? 4:21. Follow. On 12 July 2013, Quattrochi died of a heart attack in Milan. [15], Meanwhile, the central government changed and Indian National Congress came to power after 2004 Lok Sabha elections. Some points to be noted: Corruption scandal in India in the 1980s related to defence equipment. [2] Quattrocchi was reportedly close to the family of Rajiv Gandhi and emerged as a powerful broker in the 1980s between big businesses and the Indian government. The Bofors scandal was a major weapons-contract political scandal that occurred between India and Sweden during the 1980s and 1990s, initiated by Indian National Congress politicians and implicating the Indian prime minister, Rajiv Gandhi, and several other members of the Indian and Swedish governments who were accused of receiving kickbacks from Bofors AB, a bank principally financed by the Wallenberg family's Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken,[1] for winning a bid to supply to India their 155 mm field howitzer. [18] Quattrocchi was detained in Argentina on 6 February 2007, but the news of his detention was released by the CBI only on 23 February. Agencies, Agencies: Mumbai, Wed Apr 25 2012, 16:15 hrs . Answered June 24, 2016 There has been a lot of debates on this...Amitabh Bachchan's name first appeared in this scandal through a newspaper who printed his name and a case was filled against him in an abroad court..Allegations were put on him and he as usual remained silent. The British government released the funds later. New Delhi: The Swedish whistle-blower in the Bofors case has said that Amitabh Bachchan was falsely implicated in the case and that though there … TheBollywoodShow. Bofors scam: A timeline of the 31-year-old, Rs 1,437-cr India-Sweden deal The Bofors deal, signed in 1986, was believed to be one of primary reasons for the Rajiv Gandhi-led Congress' defeat in the 1989 Lok Sabha elections "The Bofors story, 25 years after : Interview with Sten Lindstrom", "Key players in Bofors scandal : Latest Headlines, News - India Today", "Rediff on the NeT: Vir Sanghvi looks back at the Bofors scandal", "25 years of India's 'Watergate': The Bofors scandal", "The Bofors story, 25 years after : An Interview with Sten Lindstrom", "Interview with Chitra Subramaniam and Madhu Trehan", "Win Chadha's death, a setback to Bofors case", "SC court reverses Delhi HC decision to quash all proceeding in Bofors scam", "Welcome to Frontline : Vol. On 16 January, the Indian Supreme Court directed the Indian government to ensure that Ottavio Quattrocchi did not withdraw money from the two bank accounts in London. Amitabh Bachchan gets a clean chit in Bofors Scam. Nonetheless, it later turned out that Amitabh was confined in the trick and was dishonestly affirmed. [14], On 10 June 2002, Delhi High Court quashed all proceedings in the case so far. Amitabh Bachchan. [24] Mukherjee said Gandhi explained his position in a meeting on 19 June 1989, during a meeting between the two at the Prime Minister's residence. 9 years ago | 236 views. Track Latest News Live on NDTV.com. Actor Amitabh Bachchan said his existence was questioned when he and his family were accused in the Bofors case and it took them 25 painful years to emerge out of the scandal … The Interpol, at the request of the CBI, has a long-standing red corner notice to arrest Quattrocchi. Zaiwalla also spoke about his involvement in the Bofors case, where he represented Amitabh Bachchan and his brother Ajitabh Bachchan. 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CBI has been criticised by experts, social workers, political parties and people at large for the manner in which it has handled this case. [12], On 22 October 1999 (when National Democratic Alliance government led by the Bharatiya Janata Party was in power) the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) filed the first chargesheet against Quattrocchi, Win Chadha, Rajiv Gandhi, the defence secretary S. K. Bhatnagar and a number of others. Later the articles were published in The Indian Express and The Statesman when The Hindu stopped publishing stories about the Bofors scandal under immense government pressure and Chitra Subramaniam moved to the two newspapers. [29] Some of these were paid as personal bribes while others were paid as contributions to political parties. [2] In 1997, the Swiss banks released some 500 documents after years of legal battle. Bofors scandal: Amitabh Bachchan relieved after clean chit from whistleblower. The CBI, the Indian federal law enforcement agency, on 23 January 2006 admitted that roughly ₹210 million, about US$4.6 million, in the two accounts have already been withdrawn by the accused. This practice was made illegal by Rajiv Gandhi in 1985 as it led to large kickbacks being paid in defence deals, especially those related to aircraft and ships. On 5 February 2004 even before Indian National Congress came to power in India, the Delhi High Court quashed the charges of bribery against Rajiv Gandhi and others,[16] On 31 May 2005, the Delhi High Court dismissed the allegations against the British business brothers, Srichand, Gopichand and Prakash Hinduja, but charges against others remain. Amitabh Interview Bofors Scandal part 1 ... Big B reveals secrets of Bofors scam on his blog - Duration: 4:21. zoom 1,336 views. TheBollywoodShow. Superstar Amitabh Bachchan addressed the media after the Swedish police cleared his name in the infamous Bofors scam. Though it was widely believed that V. P. Singh resigned from Rajiv Gandhi's cabinet due to the Bofors scandal, Singh clarified that he had resigned due to differences in the cabinet in commissions taken by Indian agents in the HDW submarine deal (Shishumar class)[28], Middlemen were employed in arms deals in India, both during the British Raj as well as in independent India, and commissions were paid to them under various headings and guises. He was, however, guilty of knowing about the kickbacks and not taking action on them. However, his passport was impounded and he was not allowed to leave the country. Reacting to this, Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Vinod Yadav said that, This page was last edited on 30 December 2020, at 01:54. [13] In second half of 2001, Win Chadha and S. K. Bhatnagar died. New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday said it could consider taking up matters related to the implementation of the Citizenship Amendment Act in Uttar Pradesh separately after being told that the state has started identifying refugees and migrants under the contentious law without the rules being framed. [31][32], In 2015, the Government of India under the Narendra Modi government made the use of middlemen in arms deals legal, if they called themselves "company representatives". Amitabh bachchan says, "I did not resign because of Bofors Case". A Delhi court provided temporary relief for Quattrocchi from the case, for lack of sufficient evidence against him, on 4 March 2011. Amitabh Bachchan Talks About The Bofors Scandal At 'Jolly L.L.B' Trailer Launch In an interview with her, published in The Hoot in April 2012 on the 25th anniversary of the revelations,[8] Sten Lindstrom, former chief of Swedish police, discussed why he leaked the documents to her and the role of whistle-blowers in a democracy. 4. [2], On 24 March 1986, a $285 million contract between the Government of India and Swedish arms company Bofors was signed for supply of 410 155 mm Howitzer field guns. In May 1987, a broadcast by a Swedish radio station revealed that bribes of ₹600 million (equivalent to ₹6.6 billion or US$92 million in 2019) had been paid by Bofors to Indian politicians, members of the Congress party and bureaucrats. He was found not guilty and was found not liable in the whole Bofors difficulty. Addressing a press conference here Bachchan welcomed the revelations made by the Swedish investigators in the Bofors case. [17] In December 2005, Mr B. Daat, the Additional Solicitor General of India, acting on behalf of the Indian Government and the CBI, requested the British Government that two British bank accounts of Quattrocchi be unfrozen on the grounds of insufficient evidence to link these accounts to the Bofors payoff. Megastar Amitabh Bachchan said his existence was questioned when he and his family were accused in Bofors case and it took them 25 painful years to emerge out of the scandal despite their innocence. On Amitabh Bachchan's 77th birthday check out his exclusive interview where he speaks on facing media ban and bofors scam. Finally, withdrawal of its case against Quattrocchi. Related. The scale of the corruption was far worse than any that Sweden and India had seen before and directly led to the defeat of Gandhi's ruling Indian National Congress party in the November 1989 general elections. [2] The scandal relates to illegal kickbacks paid in a US$1.4-billion deal between the Swedish arms manufacturer Bofors with the government of India for the sale of 410 field howitzer guns, and a supply contract almost twice that amount. She also sheds light on Big B's reaction after Bofors scandal broke in the media. [19], As there was no extradition treaty between India and Argentina, the case was presented in the Argentine Supreme Court. On the Bofors scandal. He said, "In my career, the Bofors actually taught me never to get involved in a case where Indian politics is involved. [3], On 16 April 1987, a Swedish radio station broke out a story based on a whistleblower in the Swedish police, alleging that the reputed Swedish artillery manufacturer Bofors had paid kickbacks to people in several countries, including Sweden and India, to secure a ₹15 billion (equivalent to ₹160 billion or US$2.3 billion in 2019) contract. [5] The Swedish company paid ₹640 million (US$9.0 million) in kickbacks to top Indian politicians and key defence officials. [23], In his book, Unknown Facets of Rajiv Gandhi, Jyoti Basu and Indrajit Gupta, released in November 2013, former CBI director Dr A P Mukherjee wrote that Rajiv Gandhi wanted commission paid by defence suppliers to be used exclusively for the purpose of meeting expenses of running the Congress party. [9] About a year later, on 16 April 1987, Swedish Radio alleged that Bofors paid kickbacks to people from a number of countries including top Swedish[10] and Indian politicians and key defence officials to seal the deal. ................................ Advertisement ................................ 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The lifting of the ban came during the Kargil War, when the Bofors guns proved to be efficient but were crippled by a shortage of spare parts. The Bofors scandal was a major weapons-contract political scandal that occurred between India and Sweden during the 1980s and 1990s, initiated by Indian National Congress politicians and implicating the Indian prime minister, Rajiv Gandhi, and several other members of the Indian and Swedish governments who were accused of receiving kickbacks from Bofors AB, a bank principally financed by the Wallenberg family's Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken, for winning a bid to supply to India their 155 mm field howitzer. The middleman associated with the scandal was Ottavio Quattrocchi, an Italian businessman who represented the petrochemicals firm Snamprogetti. In a book, Jaya Bachchan says Amitabh Bachchan won 1984 elections due to his own charisma and not Congress'. Follow our special coverage of Coronavirus pandemic in India and get news updates from around the world. In 1999, the Indian government lifted its blacklist on Bofors. In the aftermath, the government did not appeal this decision because of delays in securing an official English translation of the court's decision.[20]. [6], The case came into light during Vishwanath Pratap Singh's tenure as defence minister, and was revealed through investigative journalism tipped off by a Reuters news revelation on Swedish radio, followed up by a team led by N. Ram of the newspaper The Hindu. After his name featured in the Panama papers and Bofors scandal, Bollywood 'Shehanshah' Amitabh Bachchan has spoken at length about his surfacing in the controversial matters. 30 :: No. 05", "CBI seeks time to mull on Quattrocchi's case", "Bofors case: 'Petitioner interested in cheap publicity, "Bofors scam: Italian businessman Ottavio Quattrocchi dies", "Bofors gun helped India win against Pak", "Rajiv Gandhi told me to use arms deal payoffs for party funds: Ex-CBI chief", "Rajiv Gandhi wanted Bofors money to run Congress: Ex-CBI chief", "The bofors story : 25 years after - an interview with Sten Lindstrom", "Walk the talk - an interview with V.P.Singh", "Arms and the Middlemen - 7 September 2016", "India Puts New Arms Deals With Finmeccanica On Hold", "Modi govt to legalise middlemen in arms deals? [27], The Bofors scandal was a major issue that was highlighted in subsequent elections, which led to the Congress losing power. He, however, rarely, if never, speaks to the media about them. 100 Years of Cheers; Hope to resolve 'Zanjeer' issue amicably: Javed Akhtar; 100 Years of Cheers; 100 Years of Cheers; 100 Years of Cheers ; Hope to resolve 'Zanjeer' issue amicably: Javed Akhtar; Top Stories. The government of India lost the extradition case as the government of India did not provide a key court order which was the basis of Quattrocchi's arrest. [4] However, none of the newspapers in India were aware of this. [21] However the case is still going on. [25] However, as per Sten Lindstrom, the former head of Swedish police, who led the investigations, they did not find anything to suggest that payments had been received by Rajiv Gandhi. This had been done the previous year for a deal to supply 410 155 mm calibre howitzer guns for the Indian army. Watch fullscreen. Bollywood megastar Amitabh Bachchan heaved a big sigh of relief after his name was cleared from the Bofors gun payoff scandal. This was picked up by a young journalist from The Hindu, Chitra Subramaniam, who happened to be in Sweden at that time, covering another story. [30] This led to high levels of corruption, and payments being made to politicians, bureaucrats and defence personnel to influence decisions. Watch fullscreen. For the unaware Amitabh Bachchan, who shared a close relationship with Gandhi family, was one of the many people suspected in the bofors scam. Amitabh Bachchan used to be a close friend of the Gandhi family. [7] The journalist who secured the over 350 documents that detailed the payoffs was Chitra Subramaniam reporting for The Hindu. Actor Amitabh Bachchan said his existence was questioned when he and his family were accused in the Bofors case and it took them 25 painful years to emerge out of the scandal despite their innocence. The investigations revealed flouting of rules and bypassing of institutions. 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