New Delhi: India on July 22 sent a Letters Rogatory (LR) to Britain requesting freezing of Rs 21 crore in the name of the main accused in the Rs 64 crore Bofors payoff scam Ottavio Quattrocchi.

The LR also requested the British authorities to carry out a thorough investigation on how this money had reached into the account of Quattrocchi.

The British authorities, in a communiqué to CBI, has asked it to submit a Letters Rogatory by July 22 requesting freezing of Rs 21 crore in the name of Quattrocchi.

The British authorities had said the bank account had been frozen till July 22, by which time "we expect to receive the request from the Indian government".

PTI