Unboxing Bofors: A Journalist's Quest for Truth

Chitra Subramaniam urges the CBI to disclose findings from Switzerland's Bofors evidence. Questions linger over bribe percentages and financial trails involving Ottavio Quattrocchi. Subramaniam highlights media manipulation against Amitabh Bachchan and queries CBI's investigative choices. The Bofors scandal, impacting Indian defense, remains controversial decades later.

Journalist Chitra Subramaniam calls on the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to reveal details from the ''box of evidence'' it received from Switzerland regarding the Bofors payoffs.

Subramaniam's quest for transparency comes amid questions about the integrity of the investigation, including possible undue political influences and misdirection by past governments regarding actor Amitabh Bachchan.

The Bofors case, a major bribery scandal involving a $64-crore payment in a deal between the Indian government and Swedish arms manufacturer Bofors, continues to evoke skepticism and controversy more than three decades later.