One of the persons who paid the price in the course of the then government's cover-up operations in the shady Bofors gun deal was film star Amitabh Bachchan, who was widely seen as close to then prime minister, Rajiv Gandhi.
Twenty-five years after fingers were pointed at him for being complicit in the Bofors deal, which brought down the government of Rajiv Gandhi, the veteran actor has heaved a sigh of relief.
After former Swedish top cop Sten Lindstrom -- the whistleblower in the case -- exonerated Bachchan, saying the actor's name was planted by Indian intelligence agencies, Big B wrote in his blog saying he was relieved that his name was cleared. He said he knew he was innocent, but it was a dark spot in his life.
In an interview to website thehoot.org, Lindstrom said that the case against actor and then Congress MP Amitabh Bachchan and his family was planted in Swedish newspaper Dagens Nyheter by Indian investigators.
"No one shall be able to understand or even remotely fathom, the hours and days and months and years of the anguish of petulant blame that I had to go through. But will it really interest another? No, it shall not. For, those that colluded in desperation still abound, without as much as a conscious twitch on their well articulated and fashionably cleaned skins," the superstar wrote.
He concludes, "Loss of ones conscience would have to be the most defeating element in our lives. Somewhere we shall all fall victim to it. But, greatness lies with them that redeem it... in time!!"
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