Attempts to seek extradition of Bofors accused Ottavio Quottrocchi moved a step forward on Monday when the Argentinian government cleared the papers submitted by Indian government for proceedings before a Federal court in a province.
According to a communication sent to the CBI through diplomatic channels, the Argentinian foreign office, after going through 250 pages of documents related to India's request for extradition of Quattrocchi, found them intact and decided to send them to the Federal Court in El Dorado in Misiones province, sources said.
The two-member CBI team -- Director of Prosecution S K Sharma and Superintendent of Police Keshav Mishra -- had submitted the extradition papers to the Argentinian government last week after their arrival in Buenos Aires.
The clearing of papers paves the way for beginning of the extradition trial against Quattrocchi in the court. The clearance comes almost a month after the Italian businessman was detained at Iguazo airport in Misiones province on February six when he was on his way to Brazil.
The Embassy in Buenos Aires has submitted to the CBI headquarters in New Delhi a panel of three lawyers who would be assisting the public prosecutor appointed by the Argentinian government.
"We have short listed one lawyer and we are working on the terms and conditions with him," a senior CBI official said in New Delhi.
The Argentinian Government changed the earlier public prosecutor Carlos Daneri and appointed Lilian Delgado in his place as she was a local lawyer in Misiones province.
