The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) told a parliamentary panel today that it may reopen the Bofors case, the Rs 64 crore payoff scandal which significantly contributed to the downfall of the Rajiv Gandhi government in the 1989 General Elections, and for 30 years has haunted the Congress. In its reply to the parliamentary committee, the CBI has indicated that it can support the Special Leave Petition pending in the Supreme Court. ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT BOFORS CASE: The Rs 1,437-crore deal between India and Swedish arms manufacturer AB Bofors for the supply of 400 155mm Howitzer guns for the Army was entered on March 24, 1986. On August 6 this year, BJP leader and advocate Ajay Agrawal had moved an application in the Supreme Court seeking early hearing of the politically-sensitive Rs 64 crore Bofors pay-off case. Also ReadExorcising the ghost of BoforsThree decades after Bofors scandal, India to get first artillery guns - M777, test firing at Pokhran today

Source: India Today August 11, 2017 06:11 UTC