NEW DELHI: The Bofors gun has reverberated once again with Congress serving a toughly worded legal notice on Swedish investigator Sven Lindstorm for his "unwarranted innuendos and insinuations" against party president Sonia Gandhi in connection with the 1985 howitzer deal. Responding to a spate of interviews and comments Lindstorm had given to the Indian media about the kickback scam, the party accused him of maligning Sonia through "defamatory statements."
Drafted by the party's in-house legal expert Abhishek Singhvi, the notice accused the former investigator of making baseless allegations against Sonia "without an iota of evidence." Sources reveal that though the legal notice was ready a couple of months ago, it took quite some time for the party to trace the Swede who now lives outside Stockholm. The party functionaries, it is learnt, informally contacted the Swedish authorities to know the retired cop's whereabouts. [link]
Careful with that axe, Eugene.
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