Justice Undersecretary Delmastro under investigation

(ANSA) - ROME, FEB 16 - Justice Undersecretary Andrea Delmastro has been put under investigation by Rome prosecutors in relation to revelations made in parliament about the case of jailed anarchist Alfredo Cospito by Giovanni Donzelli, a fellow MP for Premier Giorgia Meloni's Brothers of Italy (FdI) party, sources said on Thursday.
    The probe was opened after Angelo Bonelli of the Green and Left group filed a complaint.
    The fact that a probe has been opened does not mean Delmastro will face charges.
    Donzelli revealed that Cospito, who has been on hunger strike for over 100 days to protest against the tough 41 bis jail regime he is being held under, had talked to mafia bosses about getting the 41 bis abolished.
    The jail regime is usually reserved for mafiosi.
    He also revealed that four lawmakers from the centre-left Democratic Party (PD) had visited Cospito in jail.
    During the debate Donzelli, a member of the Copasir parliamentary committee that oversees Italy's intelligence services, asked whether the PD was on the side of the State or that of the mafia and terrorists.
    Delmastro, who is also Donzelli's flat mate, was the source of the information.
    Justice Minister Carlo Nordio has said that the information was not classified. (ANSA).