India on Tuesday sent a Letters Rogatory to the United Kingdom requesting freezing of Rs 21 crore (Rs 210 million) in the name of Ottavio Quattrocchi, the main accused in the Rs 64 crore (Rs 640 million) Bofors payoff scam.

This was in keeping with a communiqué from British authorities to the Central Bureau of Investigation to submit a Letters Rogatory by Tuesday.

British authorities had said the bank account had been frozen till Tuesday, by which time 'we expect to receive the request from the Indian government'.

The LR also requested the British authorities to carry out a thorough investigation on how this money had reached Quattrocchi's account.

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