CBI files status report on Q's extradition

CBI on Wednesday filed a status report in a city court on initiation of the extradition process relating to Italian businessman Ottavio Quattrocchi in the Bofors kickback case.

Filing the report in the court of Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Seema Maini, the agency stated that extradition proceedings were going on expeditiously.

It also filed before the court how Quattrocchi was arrested and got bail in a case in Argentina.

A CBI team is now in Argentina and inquiring into the matter thoroughly for Quattrocchi's early extradition.

First Published: Mar 14, 2007 13:29 IST