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Rajiv gandhi
Sep 30 2009, Jayanta Bhattacharya

Edvige Antonia Albina Maino’s India has dropped the graft case against innocent Italian arms dealer Ottavio Quattrocchi who was accused over the infamous Bofors scandal which ended her saintly husband Rajiv Gandhi’s prime ministership 20 years ago.

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