`I would like to go back to India,' a weak but nostalgic Chadha said. `I am willing to be questioned by the CBI regarding the Bofors case,' he said.Chadha was admitted to the NRI-run Wellcare hospital nearly a month ago as he was suffering from a variety of symptoms including some associated with the old age.

`I am only as healthy as a 74-old man can be. I am lonely and would like to go back to India if the authorities assure me that i will not be harassed,' he added.

He said he was willing to cooperate with the CBI and was ready to answer any queries eventhough he was bed-ridden. Chadha said he was not following up on what was happening in the Bofors case. `I have never taken or given bribes,' Chadha, who maintains that the money he received in the bofors gun deal was winding up charges orcommission, said.

`I am too weak to answer calls from journalists and would rather keep a low profile,' he said. Chadha, his wife Kanta Chadha who died a few years ago, son Hersh and the Italian businessman Ottavio Quattrocchi were among those named by the CBI among the recipients of kickbacks in Bofors gun deal.Chadha and his son who have been living in the Galleria Residency in Dubai for the past several years have had their passports revoked. (PTI)