CBI`s plea to withdraw case against `Q`; court reserves order

New Delhi, Oct 9 (PTI) A Delhi court Friday reserved
for October 24 its order on the plea of an advocate opposing
Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI)'s move to withdraw the
two-decade-old Bofors pay-off case against Italian businessman
Ottavio Quattrocchi.

This was decided by Chief Metropolitan Magistrate
Kaveri Baweja after CBI submitted that a private party has no
locus standi in the case.

"Publicity and politics" have no role to play in such
matters and the plea of a private party against the CBI's move
to close the case should be rejected, the probe agency
submitted before the court.

A private party has no locus to stand in a matter
between the court and the CBI and such a petition be turned
down at the outset, it said.

CBI was responding to the application of advocate Ajay
Agrawal who has challenged the move saying the agency was
trying to close the "politically-sensitive" case despite
having "sufficient evidence" against the 69-year-old Italian
businessman. PTI