New Delhi, Nov 23: Terming the non-sharing of information by certain countries in the Bofors case as a "frustrating experience", CBI has said responses to several letters rogatory, which would help establish the end-use of the bribe money, were still awaited from many countries. "Whatever we have found is before the court and even today a large number of letters rogatory are pending with various countries seeking this particular information," CBI Director P C Sharma told here.

"Some money has been traced but we are trying to find the end use of the entire money," he said. Asked which were the countries where the letters rogatory were still pending, Sharma said "Bahamas, Austria and, in fact, there is one more pending in Switzerland...They have not responded and we keep on reminding them."

Asked what could be the problem for these countries in not responding to CBI requests, he said, "It is difficult to understand. We have been reminding them on our own and also using the diplomatic channels for this. It is very difficult to know why they are not responding...This is one frustrating experience."

Bureau Report