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Advani demands probe into CBI role in Quattrocchi issue

PTI

Tuesday, April 28, 2009 12:35 IST

Gandhinagar: BJP senior leader LK Advani on tuesday trained his guns on CBI for dropping the name of Italian businessman Ottavio Quattrocchi from Interpol's Red Corner notice list and demanded a probe into the agency's role during the last five years.

"This is a serious decision. It is not a question of Quattrocchi alone but the entire role of the agency during the last five years which should be probed. It is a very serious issue. They have become the "dastak" or "handtool" in the hands of politicians," Advani, while campaigning in his constituency, said.

In Delhi, BJP spokesman Prakash Javdekar accused the Congress of diktating the CBI to help the "personal family friend of the Gandhi family" Quattrocchi and said the CBI has now become Congress Bureau of Investigation.

"CBI has now become Congress Bureau of Investigation. They are following the diktats of Mrs (Sonia) Gandhi. They wanted to clear the file before the NDA government takes over," Javdekar said.

The BJP termed the controversy which has erupted just two days before the third-phase of the general elections as "Congress ka haath Quattrocchi ke saath".

"Congress has given slogan: 'Congress ka haath, aam admi ke saath'. After five years it has been proven 'Congress ka haath, Quattrocchi ke saath'. So this is what Congress has done with the country," Javdekar said.

"Their only mission was to free the personal family friends of the Gandhi family and they have accomplished it," he said.