Chopper Scam

CBI officer to attend AgustaWestland trial in Italy

Press Trust of India | Monday June 17, 2013

CBI has sent one of its investigating officers along with a Defence Ministry team to Milan to attend a trial related to alleged corruption by AgustaWestland and Finmeccanica executives in clinching the VVIP helicopter supply contract.

India made a party in VVIP chopper scam trial in Italy

Press Trust of India | Wednesday June 5, 2013

India has been made a party in the VVIP chopper scam trial in Italy which is expected to begin in the third week of June in Italy.

VVIP chopper deal: AgustaWestland on offensive, asks Indian government to clarify status of deal

Nitin A Gokhale | Tuesday June 4, 2013

Indian Defence Ministry is likely to be forced into taking a position on the status of Rs 4,000-crore VVIP helicopter contract with Italian defence giant AgustaWestland.

VVIP Chopper scam: India to get details of conversations taped by Italy, say sources

Edited by Shamik Ghosh (with inputs from PTI) | Thursday May 9, 2013

An Italian investigation had disclosed that Anglo-Italian firm AugustaWestland (AW) and Finmeccanica had paid bribes worth nearly Rs 350 crores through a complex web of companies and middlemen to swing a 12-helicopter contract with India.

Finmeccanica's former chief Giuseppe Orsi, accused in VVIP chopper scam, freed from jail

Associated Press | Sunday May 5, 2013

The former CEO of the Italian defense giant Finmeccanica was freed Saturday from jail pending his trial on corruption charges next month.

VIP chopper scam: Bank accounts of former Air Force chief SP Tyagi frozen

Reported by Sunetra Choudhury; Edited by Sindhu Manjesh | Tuesday April 23, 2013

The bank accounts of former Air Force chief SP Tyagi and many others accused in the VVIP chopper scam have been frozen by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) today.

VVIP chopper scam: Accused firm Aeromatrix moves court to defreeze account

Press Trust of India | Wednesday April 17, 2013

Aeromatrix Info Solutions private limited, an accused firm in the Rs 3600 crore VVIP helicopter deal scam, has moved a Delhi court seeking defreezing of its bank account for paying salaries to its employees.

Yes, Agusta deal was marked by corruption, says Defence Minister

Indo-Asian News Service | Monday March 25, 2013

Defence Minister A.K. Antony on Monday confirmed that corruption had taken place in the controversial helicopter deal with Italian company AgustaWestland. He added that a new defence procurement policy would soon be ready.

VVIP chopper scam: CBI issues look-out notices for former air chief SP Tyagi, others

Press Trust of India | Sunday March 17, 2013

CBI has issued look-out notices for former IAF Chief SP Tyagi, his three cousins and five other Indians who have been named in its FIR in the alleged kickbacks received by them in Rs 3600 crore VVIP chopper deal.

'Former Air Chief SP Tyagi did not clear VVIP chopper deal alone'

Written by Nitin Gokhale | Monday March 18, 2013

Although the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has named former Air Chief SP Tyagi, his cousins and some others for conspiring to award the VVIP contract to AgustaWestland, a detailed investigation by NDTV has revealed that Air Chief Marshal Tyag...

VVIP chopper scam: cheating and conspiracy charges against ex-air chief SP Tyagi

Reported by Sunetra Choudhury; edited by Janaki Fernandes | Thursday March 14, 2013

Former Air Chief SP Tyagi has been accused of corruption and conspiracy by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), and his house in Delhi was raided this morning in a search for evidence that he accepted kickbacks to ensure a deal for 12 helicopte...

VVIP chopper scam: India gets first set of documents from Finmeccanica

Press Trust of India | Monday March 11, 2013

The government has received the first set of official documents from Italy in connection with the VVIP chopper scam including the warrants issued against former Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Finmeccanica Giuseppe Orsi by authorities there.

VVIP chopper deal: CBI questions brother of former Union Minister

Press Trust of India | Friday March 8, 2013

CBI today quizzed the industrialist-brother of former union minister Santosh Bagrodia's Satish Bagrodia who is the Chairman of IDS Infotech, one of the suspect companies in the alleged bribery scandal in Rs 3600-crore VVIP Chopper deal.

VVIP chopper scam: Explain links with Chandigarh firms, India tells AgustaWestland

Press Trust of India | Thursday March 7, 2013

The Defence Ministry has asked AgustaWestland (AW) to explain within one week its links to software companies headquartered in Chandigarh that were allegedly used to pay kickbacks for a 12-helicopter deal signed in 2010.

VVIP chopper scam: former Air Force chief SP Tyagi interrogated today

Edited by Sindhu Manjesh | Wednesday March 6, 2013

SP Tyagi, who headed the Indian Air Force from 2004 to 2007, was interrogated today by Central Bureau of Investigation or CBI officials for allegedly accepting kickbacks from helicopter manufacturer AgustaWestland (AW), which landed a deal with India...