Raising the issue during Zero Hour, Azad said the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) had amended the lookout notice against Mallya issued in October 2015 which had sought his detention if he tried to leave India. However in November, this order was changed to merely "inform" the authorities in case he left the country.
Rajya Sabha today witnessed two adjournments in the pre-noon session after uproar by Opposition BJP and AIADMK over a former Swedish police chief's allegation that payoffs were made in purchase of Bofors guns during the then Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi's tenure.
The ghost of Bofors returned to haunt the Congress following new revelations by Sten Lindstorm, the man who blew the lid off the defence corruption case.