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.
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