Quattrocchi, Jain got kickbacks in Bofors'

NEW DELHI: With payoffs in Bofors gun deal under the spotlight again, an ex-CBI officer who supervised the case claimed that alleged Hawala dealer S K Jain told the probe agency he and Ottavio Quattrocchi received kickbacks from projects routed through them including the howitzer deal.

Citing a written submission made by Jain on March 13, 1995, former Joint Director of CBI, B R Lall, who was supervising the case then, said" the duo (Jain and Quattrocchi) have taken the contract in partnership and have close connection with high and mighty people.

"The Hawala dealer had in its submission to CBI had said that he used to take 3 % of the project cost as commission while 7% of the total amount as kickbacks were received by Quattrocchi," Lall said.