The so-called Bofors kickbacks scandal of the 1980s, in which then premier Rajiv Gandhi and others were accused of receiving pay-offs from arms manufacturer AB Bofors in connection with the supply ...

The CBI had registered the case in 1990, three years after a Swedish radio channel had alleged that bribes were paid by Bofors to politicians and defence officials of India to clinch the deal.

This shell was made specifically for the Bofors light ack-ack (40mm) gun which was designed in Sweden and used by both sides. My father was a member of a 10 man ack-ack gun team, firstly in the ...

Damen Naval has awarded BAE Systems a contract to supply a Bofors 40 Mk4 naval gun system for installation on the Colombian Navy Plataforma Stratégica de Superficie (PES) frigate. This system is ...

In a startling revelation this week, B M Oza, India's ambassador to Sweden between 1984 and 1988, has accused then prime minister Rajiv Gandhi of having taken bribes to sign the Bofors gun deal.

This book extract from ‘Boforsgate’ recounts journalist Chitra Subramaniam’s relentless decade-long investigation into the Bofors corruption scandal (1987–1997), which exposed bribes paid ...

Private investigator Michael Hershman in 2017 expressed willingness to share fresh information about the alleged ₹64-crore Bofors bribery scandal of the 1980s The Central Bureau of Investigation ...

Writer details how she faced pressure to find proof of the involvement of the Bachchans Indian actor Amitabh Bachchan was dragged into the Bofors scandal in the 1980s. AFP New Delhi: Bollywood ...

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has sent a Letter of Rogatory (LR) to the US Justice Department, seeking details regarding alleged kickbacks in the Bofors scandal. The letter ...

A case before the Supreme Court, challenging high court orders discharging nearly everyone in the Bofors bribery case is pending. The CBI has moved a step closer in getting private investigator ...

The CBI had registered the case in 1990, three years after a Swedish radio channel had alleged that bribes were paid by Bofors to politicians and defence officials of India to clinch the deal.

Senior Indian bureaucrats had "tutored" Bofors officials in a "secret meeting" in 1987 on "how to absolve then Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi of all blame" in the infamous bribery scandal ...