The Argentine government cleared the documents related to India's request for Quattrocchi's extradition, for proceedings before a Federal court in a province.

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 Argentine government. The Argentine judge, to whom the papers have been forwarded, has 15 days to commence the hearing.

Quattrocchi's lawyer Alejandro Freeland is confident of winning his client's case and is not worried about the prospect of a hearing, as he believes that the two Delhi high court rulings, along with the judgments by Malaysian courts rejecting India's extradition request and the release of Quattrocchi's accounts in London last year, will ensure that the Argentine judge will reject the extradition petition.

Meanwhile, succumbing to the constant media chase, Quattrocchi has shifted from the Sheraton hotel in Buenos Aires and moved to an undisclosed place.

Image: Italian businessman Ottavio Quattrocchi, whose extradition is being sought by the CBI in the Bofors payoff scam.
Photograph: Ahmad Yusni/AFP/Getty Images

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