AgustaWestland chopper deal News
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The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Saturday informed Delhi’s Patiala House Court that the alleged middleman in the AgustaWestland VVIP chopper case, Christian Michel, has named Congress' former President Sonia Gandhi, while in custody. Watch this video to know more.
The Enforcement Directorate on Saturday told a Delhi court that alleged AgustaWestland VVIP chopper scam middleman Christian Michel has taken the name "Mrs Gandhi". Watch this video to know more.
The Enforcement Directorate on Saturday told Delhi's Patiala House Court that the alleged middleman in the AgustaWestland case Christian Michel has named 'Mrs Gandhi'. Watch this video to know more.
Khurshid on Tuesday said that the CBI has been looking for 'somebody ' who they can hold responsible for the AgustaWestland deal.
The CBI took him under custody as soon as he arrived at the Indira Gandhi International (IGI) Airport around 11.35 pm on Gulfstream jet.
CBI confirmation comes after sources in the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) earlier in the day had said that they had not received any formal communication or confirmation from the United Arab Emirates regarding the extradition.
Christian Michel James, who is a middleman in the AgustaWestland VVIP chopper deal, has reportedly been detained in Dubai. According to sources, James was detained on July 12 for questioning. James, who hails from Britain but is currently living in UAE, was reportedly detained by Indian probe agencies.
The ED chargesheet named former IAF chief SP Tyagi's cousins Sanjeev Tyagi and Rajiv Tyagi along with Bruno Spagnolini, former CEO of AgustaWestland.
SP Tyagi was the first chief of any wing of the armed forces to be arrested in the country.
The CBI has informed the government that no time frame to finalise the investigation into the AgustaWestland chopper case can be fixed till responses to all the Letters Rogatory (LRs) are received from countries concerned, the Defence Ministry has told a parliamentary panel.
It has been alleged that bribes were taken in the Rs 3,600 crore VVIP chopper deal.
Congress will be in minority in the 22-member panel (15 from Lok Sabha, 7 from Rajys Sabha) whose composition is decided by respective strength of the parties in both houses of parliament.
Christian Michel, the alleged middleman in AgustaWestland chopper deal, has said that the only person he ever met was former IAF chief Colonel SP Tyagi.
Christian Michel, the middleman has said that the only person related to Agusta that he ever met is former IAF chief Colonel SP Tyagi, as per a media report.
The CBI on Monday quizzed former IAF chief SP Tyagi about the "foreign remittances" into his account two years after his retirement.
The three Tyagi brothers were questioned for over eight hours at the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) headquarters in Delhi.
Raising a number of questions over the deal, Surjewala wondered whether is it sovereign right of the Prime Minister over exchequer's money?
Amid a walkout by Congress which was pressing for a Supreme Court-monitored probe, Parrikar said CBI is "very seriously" investigating the case.
PM Modi has also highlighted various schemes of his government such Mudra Yojna at the rally.
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