The Rajiv-Quattrochi-Shahryar triangle

August 12, 2015 15:44

The background of what Sushma Swaraj said on the Rajiv Gandhi-Quattrochi-Adil Shahryar triangle

She has alleged as does numerous news reports that the then Congress government headed by Rajiv Gandhi had allowed Union Carbide chief Warren Anderson to flee as a quid pro quo arrangement with the US on giving a presidential pardon to Adil Shahryar.

Adil's father Muhammad Yunus, former Indian Ambassador to Spain and long time Chairman of the Trade Fair Authority of India was close to the Gandhi family. Adil, who was given a federal sentence of 35 years in prison for various crimes, was given a presidential pardon by US president Ronald Reagan on June 11, 1985.

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