AgustaWestland deal alleged middleman Christian Michel James on Thursday moved the Delhi High Court seeking interim bail in the CBI and ED case against him, on the grounds of the outbreak of COVID-19.
A Delhi court on Monday extended by three days the ED custody of Ratul Puri, nephew of Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Kamal Nath, in a money laundering case related to AgustaWestland chopper scam.
Gautam Khaitan, a Delhi-based lawyer, and businessman was arrested by the ED in January after it filed a fresh criminal case against him and his wife Ritu Khaitan on the basis of an Income Tax Department complaint under the Black Money (Undisclosed Foreign Income and Assets) and Imposition of Tax Act, 2015.
The department is also expected to move court to question Saxena, who is in the custody of the Enforcement Directorate (ED) at present.
Alleging that Congress and corruption were inseparable partners, Modi told a rally in Uttarakhand that Michel has hinted at the Congress' first family's involvement in the chopper deal.
The names of these leaders and journalists are, however, not as accused in the chargesheet filed before a city court.
Saxena is one of the accused named in the charge sheet filed by ED in AgustaWestland money laundering case.
Saxena, a Dubai-based businessman, was extradited from Dubai on January 31 and sent to four-day custody of the Enforcement Directorate (ED) the same day.
During the hearing, Michel's counsel Aljo K Joseph claimed that his client was cooperating in the investigating and hence is liable to be granted bail.
News agency PTI has learnt that there was no court order on extradition of Michel to India as reported.
The order is being seen as a major shot in the arm to the agencies-- Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and ED -- probing the case.
In the charge sheet, the ED said it had recorded unimpeachable evidence supporting the allegations against all the accused persons.
Congress spokesperson Randeep Surjewala on Thursday claimed hat the Narendra Modi government is using investigative agencies to pressure Christian Michael into signing a false confession naming the UPA chairperson.
The charge sheet accuses them of money laundering of around 28 million Euro, punishable under sections 3 and 4 of PMLA.
New Delhi: Businessman Gautam Khaitan, the first accused to be arrested in connection with Rs 3,600-crore AgustaWestland chopper deal case, was today remanded in seven- day Enforcement Directorate (ED) custody by a Delhi court after
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