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Three Indians named in VVIP chopper bribery scam

New Delhi, Oct 27 : New Delhi, Oct 27: Three Indians  have been named  in the VVIP AugustaWestland helicopter scam by the Italian police in its probe report submitted to a court in Naples, The

India TV News Desk Published : Oct 27, 2012 9:01 IST, Updated : Oct 27, 2012 20:54 IST

 
It has several references to the above mentioned names in phone conversations and other recordings.
 
The report says Girasalo Paolo, the India-head of the helicopter company, is also being probed.
 
Bakshi and Khaitan  told The Indian Express, that they had no role in dealings related to the defence business.
 
Bakshi said he is an officer of the company performing administrative roles and heard about the VVIP helicopter deal only from media reports.
 
Khaitan, who is currently abroad, said he was in touch with Haschke as his attorney and is in no way involved in or aware of any defence dealings. Tyagi could not be reached for his comment.
 
The report says the probe is focusing on:
 
“A) Alleged corruption perpetrated by some top managers of the subsidiaries, through bribes (also international bribes) paid by Finmeccanica and its subsidiaries to win tenders in foreign countries and
 
B) other practices involving top managers of Finmeccanica subsidiaries and some political parties and their leaders, who were recipients of ‘dirty' money coming from operations in point A.”
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