Srichand grilled for 3 hours

By Vinay Kumar

NEW DELHI, JAN. 20. The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) questioned Mr. S. P. Hinduja, one of the accused in the Bofors payoffs case, for nearly three hours today. The other brothers, Mr. G. P. Hinduja and Mr. P. P. Hinduja, would be interrogated tomorrow on their role in securing the Rs. 1,437-crore gun deal for Swedish arms firm, A. B. Bofors, in 1986 and the commissions allegedly received by them.

The brothers, who were granted bail by the Special Court yesterday and asked to join the investigations, presented themselves at the CBI headquarters at 3 p.m. but only Mr. S. P. Hinduja was interrogated. Emerging out of the CBI headquarters at 6.30 p.m., Mr. Srichand Hinduja refused to make any comments but said the brothers were cooperating with the agency.

The CBI director, Mr. R. K. Raghavan, said the questioning could take several days and it would specifically refer to their receiving money from A. B. Bofors in the possession of the agency.

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