Agustawestland Chopper Scandal

The Congress today demanded answers from the government over reports of the lifting of a ban on procurement from Finmeccanica company which had been dubbed as corrupt by ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders over the Agusta choppers deal.

The Income-Tax Department has filed four fresh chargesheets against lawyer Gautam Khaitan, an accused in the multi-crore VVIP chopper deal scam, on charges of tax evasion and possession of undisclosed bank accounts in Singapore, official sources said Tuesday.

Christian Michel, the British middleman in the AgustaWestland chopper scandal, is missing, his lawyer has told NDTV hours after a court in Dubai ordered his extradition to India.

Christian Michel, the British middleman in the AgustaWestland chopper scandal, will be extradited, a court in Dubai has ruled. Mr Michel was arrested in the UAE last year and was facing extradition proceedings in the country. He is wanted in India for allegedly organising bribes in exchange for a contract for VVIP helicopters.

A Delhi court will consider on July 23 whether to take cognisance of a charge sheet filed by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in the alleged AgustaWestland VVIP chopper bribery case related to money-laundering.

Christian Michel, the middleman in the AgustaWestland chopper scandal, has been forced to frame UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi in return for exoneration from any charges, the Congress alleged today, accusing Prime Minister Narendra Modi of using probe agencies to carry out a smear campaign against opposition leaders.

An Italian court today let off the two main accused in a bribery scandal related to the contract for AgustaWestland VVIP choppers, signed when a Congress government was in power. Giuseppe Orsi and Bruno Spagnolini were acquitted by an appeals court that said there wasn't sufficient proof of corruption.

Former Air Chief SP Tyagi, arrested in connection with the Rs 3,600 crore VVIP chopper scam earlier this month, has been sent to jail till December 30 by a court in Delhi. The former Air Chief was interrogated by the Central Bureau of Investigation or CBI for a week in connection with the AgustaWestland chopper scandal, since his arrest on December...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday launched a blistering attack on Congress and Sonia Gandhi over AgustaWestland scandal, demanding that the names of those who took kickbacks in the tainted chopper deal be made public and the culprits punished.

The Congress was thrown yet another challenge today by the ruling BJP over the marquis scandal involving a corrupt deal to buy helicopters from AgustaWestland, an Anglo-Italian firm.

A court in Italy on Thursday ruled that no kickbacks were paid in a deal for 12 helicopters for use by top Indian political leaders. It also found that there is no evidence to suggest former Indian Air Force chief SP Tyagi had accepted bribes to help AgustaWestland - the British unit of Italian defence manufacturer Finmeccanica - land the contract.

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.

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), which is probing the Rs 3600-crore helicopter deal, questioned the CEO of Aeromatrix, Praveen Bakshi, for second day in a row today.

The CBI, which is investigating allegations of kickbacks in a deal to buy 12 helicopters from Italy, has included former Air Force Chief SP Tyagi in its preliminary enquiry. That indicates that the agency believes the charges against him, made first by Italian prosecutors, are not without merit.

India is preparing to cancel a deal for 12 Italian helicopters following allegations raised in Rome about nearly 350 crores paid as kickbacks to Indian officials including a former Air Force chief. NDTV has accessed the reply sent by the helicopter manufacturer, AgustaWestland, to India, which elucidates its objections to the deal being revoked.

The Congress today demanded answers from the government over reports of the lifting of a ban on procurement from Finmeccanica company which had been dubbed as corrupt by ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders over the Agusta choppers deal.

The Income-Tax Department has filed four fresh chargesheets against lawyer Gautam Khaitan, an accused in the multi-crore VVIP chopper deal scam, on charges of tax evasion and possession of undisclosed bank accounts in Singapore, official sources said Tuesday.

Christian Michel, the British middleman in the AgustaWestland chopper scandal, is missing, his lawyer has told NDTV hours after a court in Dubai ordered his extradition to India.

Christian Michel, the British middleman in the AgustaWestland chopper scandal, will be extradited, a court in Dubai has ruled. Mr Michel was arrested in the UAE last year and was facing extradition proceedings in the country. He is wanted in India for allegedly organising bribes in exchange for a contract for VVIP helicopters.

A Delhi court will consider on July 23 whether to take cognisance of a charge sheet filed by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in the alleged AgustaWestland VVIP chopper bribery case related to money-laundering.

Christian Michel, the middleman in the AgustaWestland chopper scandal, has been forced to frame UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi in return for exoneration from any charges, the Congress alleged today, accusing Prime Minister Narendra Modi of using probe agencies to carry out a smear campaign against opposition leaders.

An Italian court today let off the two main accused in a bribery scandal related to the contract for AgustaWestland VVIP choppers, signed when a Congress government was in power. Giuseppe Orsi and Bruno Spagnolini were acquitted by an appeals court that said there wasn't sufficient proof of corruption.

Former Air Chief SP Tyagi, arrested in connection with the Rs 3,600 crore VVIP chopper scam earlier this month, has been sent to jail till December 30 by a court in Delhi. The former Air Chief was interrogated by the Central Bureau of Investigation or CBI for a week in connection with the AgustaWestland chopper scandal, since his arrest on December...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday launched a blistering attack on Congress and Sonia Gandhi over AgustaWestland scandal, demanding that the names of those who took kickbacks in the tainted chopper deal be made public and the culprits punished.

The Congress was thrown yet another challenge today by the ruling BJP over the marquis scandal involving a corrupt deal to buy helicopters from AgustaWestland, an Anglo-Italian firm.

A court in Italy on Thursday ruled that no kickbacks were paid in a deal for 12 helicopters for use by top Indian political leaders. It also found that there is no evidence to suggest former Indian Air Force chief SP Tyagi had accepted bribes to help AgustaWestland - the British unit of Italian defence manufacturer Finmeccanica - land the contract.

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.

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), which is probing the Rs 3600-crore helicopter deal, questioned the CEO of Aeromatrix, Praveen Bakshi, for second day in a row today.

The CBI, which is investigating allegations of kickbacks in a deal to buy 12 helicopters from Italy, has included former Air Force Chief SP Tyagi in its preliminary enquiry. That indicates that the agency believes the charges against him, made first by Italian prosecutors, are not without merit.

India is preparing to cancel a deal for 12 Italian helicopters following allegations raised in Rome about nearly 350 crores paid as kickbacks to Indian officials including a former Air Force chief. NDTV has accessed the reply sent by the helicopter manufacturer, AgustaWestland, to India, which elucidates its objections to the deal being revoked.