AgustaWestland Case: 15 Accused Including Christian Michel Named In CBI Chargesheet
Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has filed a charge sheet naming the 15 accused including Christian Michel in the AgustaWestland VVIP Chopper scam.
In a breaking development, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has filed a charge sheet naming the 15 accused including the name of Christian James Michel in the AgustaWestland VVIP Chopper scam. The charge sheet does not include the name of Former CAG Shashi Kant Sharma because Ministry of Defence has not given sanction as yet, according to top sources.
What is the AgustaWestland Scam?
The trick relates to the arrangement for the acquisition of VVIP helicopters for elevated level lawmakers. It was asserted that pay-offs were paid to brokers and even lawmakers in the acquirement bargain. The Congress-drove UPA government in 2010 marked the agreement worth Rs 3,600 crores to secure 12 AgustaWestland AW101 helicopters.
The trick became exposed in mid-2013 when examination started into charges of pay off and defilement including a few senior authorities and the helicopter producer AgustaWestland encompassing the acquisition of the new armada of helicopters that were wanted to be conveyed to ship the PM, president, and other such significant level dignitaries.
Michel is supposed to be one of the basic brokers encouraging the arrangement. CBI had before supposed that organizations of Michel got about 42.27 million euros for the reason and the pay-offs were steered through his organizations. He was removed to India from UAE in 2018. It was likewise affirmed that the then Chief of Indian Air Force SP Tyagi’s suggested decrease in the operational roof of the helicopters from 6000 meters to 4500 meters which brought AgustaWestland in the race. There are additionally reports that the Indian Air Force emphatically restricted the progressions yet Tyagi proceeded with the progressions in the wake of turning into the IAF boss and pay-offs have likewise been paid to Tyagi as indicated by reports.
The trick was first uncovered in Italy when the CEO of AgustaWestland Bruno Spagnolini was captured by Italian experts on charges the organization paid off agents to protect the arrangement with the Indian Air Force (IAF). Reports likewise expressed that few lawmakers and civil servants purportedly took hush-money to encourage the arrangement, which was later dropped in 2014 by the administration.
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