India’s Ministry of External Affairs has written to Indian missions following letter from CBI on expediting the Letters Rogatory, LR to eight countries to track money trail in AgustaWestland chopper scam.
Briefing media in New Delhi, Ministry spokesperson Vikas Swarup said MEA has directed Missions in concerned countries from where the execution reports are pending to impress the need to expeditiously execute the Letters Rogatory.
The LRs were sent to Italy, Tunisia, Mauritius, Singapore, British Virgin Islands, UK, UAE and Switzerland. Letters Rogatory or a letter of request is a formal request from a court to a foreign court for some type of judicial assistance.