Bofors accused Quattrocchi out on bail, asked not to leave Argentina

NEW DELHI: Cocking a snook at CBI's effort to get him extradited to India, Bofors accused Ottavio Quattrocchi on Monday secured bail from a Buenos Aires court on his February 6 detention.

The Argentinian court, however, asked him not to leave the country without its permission, sources said, adding that his passport has been confiscated.

Quattrocchi, who was detained under an Interpol 'red corner notice' on February 6 at Iguazu International Airport in the Argentinian province of Misiones on way to Buenos Aires and taken into preventive custody, was released as CBI could not specify charges against him, said the sources.

The development would make the CBI's move to extradite the Italian businessman to India difficult, they added.