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CBI acting under influence of 'vested hand': Hindujas

The Hinduja brothers, accused in the Rs 6.4 million Bofors pay off case, on Wednesday charged the Central Bureau of Investigation with acting against them under the influence of some 'strong and vested hand' and said the evidence to support the charge sheet was inadmissible.

"This is not a case of honesty and fair trial; but a strong and unseen vested hand, best known to the CBI, is behind the whole case," Hindujas counsel Amit Desai told the Special Judge Prem Kumar.

He said the entire body evidence to support the charge sheet against the Hindujas is inadmissible.

The counsel submitted that first the CBI supported their charge sheet based on newspaper clippings and later procured the unauthenticated documents from Sweden to support their case, both of which cannot be admitted as evidence.

"There is no witness to say anything about the documents procured from Sweden in September 2001," he said.

Arguing for the Hinduja brothers -- Srichand, Gopichand and Prakash Chand -- on quashing of the CBI charge sheet on the ground of inordinate delay in probe and trial, Desai said that in spite of 'enormous contribution made by the brothers for national interest', they have been 'harassed at every stage'.

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