What was the role played by the Gandhi family?
Until more details are available, it is difficult to say. But the Gandhis, particularly now Sonia, should explain how Quattrocchi-owned companies got such fat sums as payoffs from the Bofors deal. After all, what is the connection of Sonia and the Gandhi family to Quattrocchi? Who introduced Quattrocchi and his AE Services to Bofors? At least one thing is certainly known now. A part of the payoffs definitely went to Quattrocchi. That is now the legal position and, should governments show interest, a formal case can now be lodged. What then is the key to the whole Bofors issue? Clearly, the bank papers scheduled to arrive from Switzerland to India could hold the key. I think a great deal now depends upon what the next set of papers from Switzerland might say. The key to the Bofors deal perhaps lies in those papers. Just as the first set of papers proved the culpability of some close Gandhi family and friends, the second and final set could have new names and angles. Already there is a g
