No one can go to jail till CBI is made independent: Arvind Kejriwal

New Delhi, July 14 (ANI): Aam Aadmi Party leader Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday expressed his concern over the number of pending CBI cases which are closed due to the death of the main accused.

"In the last 50 years, the CBI was able to nab only three people- Nar Bahadur Singh Bhandari, Bangaru Laxman and Sukhram. CBI keeps delaying the cases against the accused, the accused dies and the case is closed," he said.

He further said that Italian businessman Ottavio Quattrocchi's death in Milan from a heart attack was another example of where the CBI has failed to unearth the truth in connection with the Rs.64 crore Bofors kickback scam.

"The aim of the CBI was to put corrupt bureaucrats in jail. But the CBI is controlled by corrupt people. No one can go to jail till the CBI is made an independent body, because I feel it's a deliberate attempt to hide the truth," he added.

Quattrocchi,74, died on Saturday in Milan, Italy.

Quattrocchi allegedly acted as a conduit in the scam which caused heavy damage to the then Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi who lost the 1989 elections. The Italian businessman left the country in 1993 to avoid being arrested.

The case was closed by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in 2011 with no person ever being convicted of in the scam.

The Bofors scam relates to a March 1986 deal between the Indian Government and Swedish arms company Bofors for the supply of 410 155mm Howitzer field guns worth about 285 to 286 million dollars. (ANI)

I agree with Arvind Kejriwal.

What he failed to mention is why these people were nabbed by the CBI.

Bhandari was a leader of a small state with only MPs going into parliament.

Bengaru Laxman was from the BJP so it did not affect the Congress.

Sukhram was from the Congress but he had been utilized fully by the party and therefore there was no more use of him.

He too was a telecom minister.

The Telecom ministry has become a happy hunting ground for all the corrupt ministers.

Three come to mind immediately, Sukhram, Dayanidhi Maran and A.Raja.

It is imperative that the CBI is made completely impervious of political manipulations.