Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad has slammed the Congress party to clarify over names of its leaders that have come up in the AgustaWestland VVIP chopper scam case. Ravi Shankar Prasad's statement has come after a accused in the case named some congress leaders.
The ED, in its plea, has claimed that the trial court has not appreciated all the documents put on record while granting relief to Ratul Puri.
The CBI told a Delhi court Wednesday that it will file a supplementary charge sheet in the AgustaWestland chopper scam since sufficient evidence attributing criminality to more public servants and private persons has surfaced during the ongoing probe. It made the submissions before Special Judge Arvind Kumar while opposing the bail application moved by British national Christian Michel, the alleged middleman arrested in the case.
The case pertains to alleged irregularities in the purchase of 12 VVIP choppers from Italy-based Finmeccanica's British subsidiary, AgustaWestland.
Special Judge Arvind Kumar also extended the interim protection from arrest to Puri till August 6. Meanwhile, a man claiming to be a witness appeared before the court saying the Enforcement Directorate (ED) had recorded his statement forcefully and urged the court to intervene. The court will take up this application tomorrow.
The interim protection from arrest to Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Kamal Nath's nephew Ratul Puri will continue till Friday as the hearing on his anticipatory bail in connection with a money laundering case related to the VVIP chopper scam remained inconclusive. Special judge Arvind Kumar will resume hearing the arguments on Friday.
A vacation bench of Justices Sanjiv Khanna and B R Gavai also issued notice to Saxena on an appeal filed by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) challenging the June 10 Delhi High Court order permitting him to visit the United Arab Emirates, the United Kingdom and Europe from June 25 to July 24.
71-year old Tyagi, who had retired in 2007, his cousin Sanjeev and Khaitan were arrested on December 9 by the agency in connection with the case. These accused are currently on bail.
James Christian Michel, alleged middleman in Rs 3,546-crore AgustaWestland chopper scandal, on Saturday said that the Indian law enforcement agencies have been putting “subtle pressure” on him to extract “information” against the “opposition” politic
Italy's highest court has suspended a sentence handed earlier this year to the former boss of aerospace and defence group Finmeccanica, Giuseppe Orsi, in connection with the corruption case involving sale of 12 luxury helicopters to India.
Former IAF chief SP Tyagi was today questioned by CBI for around 10 hours over his alleged links with middlemen in the controversial Rs 3,600-crore Agusta Westland chopper deal
New Delhi: BJP chief Amit Shah on Thursday launched a sharp attack on Congress chief Sonia Gandhi over the VVIP chopper scam and asked her to name those who received the “kickbacks”. ”All I want
New Delhi: The CBI has approached President to seek approval for interrogation of two governors, namely M K Narayanan and B V Wanchoo in connection with 3,600 crore VVIP chopper deal.The Governor of West Bengal,
New Delhi: CBI will send a team to Italy only after perusing a report to be submitted by the Defence Ministry team, which is on a visit there, in connection with the ongoing trial in
New Delhi: Facing threat of cancellation of its Rs 3,600 crore deal, AgustaWestland is understood to have sent a notice to Defence Ministry asking it to get involved in the arbitration process initiated by it.
New Delhi: With references to politicians and bureaucrats coming up in the chopper scam trial in Italy, the Defence Ministry is expected to seek clarifications on the issue from alleged middleman Guido Haschke during the
New Delhi : An Italian court yesterday allowed Indian authorities to question alleged middleman Guido Hashcke in the chopper scam case, which is being heard in that country.Haschke is giving his statement to the court
New Delhi: There is “no question” of India getting involved in the arbitration process initiated by AgustaWestland in the chopper scam, Defence Minister AK Antony said making it clear that the Government will not be
New Delhi: With a view to finalising the charge sheet in VVIP helicopter purchase scam, CBI will send a judicial request to Italy seeking statements of the accused who have been facing trial in that
Milan, Jun 19: The former head of the Italian aerospace and defense giant Finmeccanica goes on trial in a case involving alleged bribes to win a 560 million euro (USD 670 million) helicopter contract in
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