The CBI also indulged in some odd obfuscation. Choudhrie’s payments from Soltam were ‘received in pursuance to an agreement executed in London in June 1999 by which MITCO (Choudhrie’s firm) was appointed to represent Soltam and promote their products – electric and non-electric stainless steel kitchen utensils’. I am yet to meet anyone who is aware of Choudhrie’s deals in the kitchen utensils business. Months later, in August 2011, the judge closed the case. Almost two months later, intelligence agencies reported that Choudhrie, who had shifted base permanently to London sometime in 2006, made
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