The CBI will despatch a senior official soon to Malaysia to assist its counsel in the extradition proceedings scheduled to come up in a local court next week against Italian businessman Ottavio Quattrocchi, a key accused in the Rs 64 crore bofors pay-off case. "One of our officers will be there (Kuala Lumpur) to assist our counsel (Cyrus Das) when the case comes up for hearing on January 22," CBI Director R K Raghavan told reporters in New Delhi. Quattrocchi was arrested by Malaysian authorities on January 20 and later released on bail on stringent conditions. Quattrochhi, who represented Italian firms Snam Progetti in India for several years and was close to the Gandhi family, had left India in 1993 before CBI could secure an arrest warrant against him from court. CBI had chargesheeted Quattrochhi on October 22 last year accusing him of receiving 7343941.98 US Dollars for clinching the Rs 1437 crore deal for Swedish firm A B Bofors in 1986 for supply of 400 155mm howitzer field guns to India despite the government making it clear that there would be no middleman involved in the deal. Asked about Hinduja brothers coming to India, Raghavan said, "The hearing has been fixed for January 19, let us hope so (they will be coming)." Stating that the second chargesheet had been filed in the case, he said that there was concerted effort and the results are appreciative. Bureau Report