S. K. Bhatnagar (June 1, 1930 – August 4, 2001) was a former defence secretary of India. He was a key figure of those accused in the

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. He was one of the persons to have been questioned first by the CBI after registering the First Information Report (FIR) in the

Bofors AB Bofors ( , , ) is a former Swedish arms manufacturer which today is part of the British arms concern BAE Systems. The name has been associated with the iron industry and artillery manufacturing for more than 350 years. History Located ...

pay- off case in January 1990. He was accused of abusing his official authority as the then Defence Secretary to tilt the scales in favour of the

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firm for the Rs. 1437-crore contract to supply 155 mm howitzer guns to the

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. The contract with the Government was signed on March 24, 1986, when Rajiv Gandhi was the Prime Minister of India. He was later made governor of

Sikkim Sikkim (; ) is a state in Northeastern India. It borders the Tibet Autonomous Region of China in the north and northeast, Bhutan in the east, Province No. 1 of Nepal in the west and West Bengal in the south. Sikkim is also close to the Silig ...

. He died in 2001 at the age of 71.

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Indian civil servants Governors of Sikkim Bofors scandal 1930 births 2001 deaths Defence Secretaries of India People charged with corruption {{Sikkim-politician-stub