An Argentinian court has asked the CBI to furnish fresh evidence, if any, by April 26 so that arguments on its request to extradite Italian businessman Ottavio Quattrocchi, an accused in the Bofors case, from that country could begin.
In a communication received at the CBI headquarters from Buenos Aires, the court in El Dorado has issued a notice to the CBI's lawyer Miguel Almeyra and Lilian Delgado appointed by the Argentinian government to 'examine all the documents submitted by Quattrocchi and submit its reply and any futher evidence within next five working days'.
The order of April 18 by the court of Hachiro Doi of the First Court of El Dorado in the province of Misiones, about 1,500 km from the Argentinian capital of Buenos Aires, was given to the counsels on Thursday and the reply would be submitted by April 26.
The CBI has begun hectic consultations with its legal experts in India and those appointed in Argentina.
After this process, the court would be giving the date for beginning of agruments on Quattrocchi's extradition plea made by CBI. Quattrocchi is being represented by Alejandro Freeland and Luis Taimini.