India, March 5 -- The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has sent a letter rogatory (LR) or judicial request to the US seeking information and evidence from private investigator Michael Hershman, who has expressed willingness to share fresh information about the alleged Rs.64-crore Bofors bribery scandal of the 1980s.

In 2018, the CBI approached a Delhi court saying it was reopening the case in light of Hershman's interview with a TV channel. The agency closed the Bofors probe in 2011.

Officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said the LR was sent after a court's permission through the ministries of home affairs and external affairs.

The Delhi high court exonerated the late former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi in the Bofors case...