VVIP Chopper Deal

ED has arrested Rajiv Saxena, who is also an accused in the Rs 3,600-crore VVIP choppers deal case, over money-laundering linked to an alleged bank fraud, officials said Monday

CBI has filed supplementary chargesheet against 15 accused in a case related to the award of a contract to a UK-based company for the supply of 12 VVIP helicopters

The arrival of the VVIP aircraft from the US, which will be used to fly president, vice president and prime minister, has been delayed due to technical reasons

The Dubai-based businessman was extradited to India on January 31 last year in connection with the Rs 3,600-crore alleged scam related to the purchase of 12 VVIP helicopters from AgustaWestland

Michel was extradited from Dubai in 2018 and is currently lodged in Tihar Jail in connection with alleged irregularities in the chopper deal

Authorities said Ratul Puri is the beneficial owner of these benami held equity shares and has been charged under the relevant law

Special Judge Arvind Kumargranted him the relief on a personal bond of Rs 5 lakh and two sureties of like amount

PMLA issued orders to freeze shares of certain firms worth Rs 86.07 crore located in Dubai, Mauritius and Singapore

In the second charge sheet, ED has filed the detailed role of Michel in the deal, his multiple visits to India and his transactions

ED registered a PMLA case in 2014, named 21 people including former Indian Air Force Chief S P Tyagi in its money laundering FIR

Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar said the process for blacklisting Finmeccanica and its subsidiaries has been started

The statement comes as a Congress member said he has moved a breach of privilege motion against Modi his remarks at an election rally on the AgustaWestland issue

The party reminded BJP of the blunder committed by the Janata Party regime which directly targeted Indira Gandhi, eventually helping her return to power

The ruling came after Jairam Ramesh said that Subramanian Swamy had claimed on his twitter handle that RS had approved the documents

CBI sources say Sanjeev Tyagi admitted financial dealing with middlemen Haschke and Gerosa during the probe

Modi said Parrikar's speech displayed 'best parliamentary traditions'

Swamy has been asked to authenticate the documents and place them on the table of the House

Has sought property details on ten serving and retired officials of MoD and IAF, who handled the procurement process of the AgustaWestland choppers

Tyagi and lawyer Gautam Khaitan were yesterday grilled for over 10 hours by the CBI in connection with the case

The financial probe agency has set the ball rolling with the second round of questioning of witnesses and accused in connection with the scam