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AgustaWestland chopper scam: Accused Michel can’t be released, CBI, ED tell Delhi court
August 05, 2025 9:22 am
Michel is seeking a release on the grounds that he has already undergone the period of maximum sentence of seven years for the offences he has been charged with.
SC rejects AgustaWestland middleman Christian Michel James’s plea against Delhi HC bail conditions
May 30, 2025 2:20 am
In March, the Delhi High Court had granted bail to Christian Michel James in a money laundering case linked to the AgustaWestland VVIP chopper scam.
VVIP chopper scam: Supreme Court seeks CBI’s response on Michel James’ bail plea
December 07, 2024 2:09 pm
Michel James, one of the alleged middlemen in the deal for purchase of 12 VVIP choppers, was extradited from UAE in 2018 to stand trial in the case. He moved the SC after the Delhi High Court denied him bail on September 25 this year.
Agusta Westland deal: Key accused details how kickbacks were paid, links to Kamal Nath’s nephew, son
November 18, 2020 9:56 am
Chartered accountant Rajiv Saxena's statement, running over 1000 pages, show him claiming that his role was “liited to the structures and managing the execution” for key players like Sushen Mohan Gupta, Ratul Puri and Gautam Khaitan.
VVIP Chopper scam: Delhi court sends Ratul Puri to judicial custody till Oct 1
September 19, 2019 5:53 pm
The money laundering case was lodged following alleged irregularities in purchase of 12 VVIP choppers from Italy-based Finmeccanica's British subsidiary, AgustaWestland.
VVIP chopper scam: Delhi court sends Kamal Nath's nephew Ratul Puri to 6-day ED custody
September 05, 2019 8:16 pm
The court also noted that the ED sought Puri's custody to confront him with "voluminous documents collected" by it and to probe the roles of the co-accused.
AgustaWestland chopper scam: Supreme Court stays HC order on Rajiv Saxena’s foreign travel
June 27, 2019 5:40 am
The court was hearing an appeal against the June 10 HC order by the Enforcement Directorate (ED).
VVIP chopper scam: SC asks Rajeev Saxena if his relatives would guarantee return after ED objects
June 25, 2019 7:39 pm
Saxena, a director of Dubai-based firms UHY Saxena and Matrix Holdings, was one of the accused named in the charge sheet filed by the ED in the Rs 3,600-crore AgustaWestland scam.
AgustaWestland probe: Delhi court sends 'middleman' Sushen Mohan Gupta to four-day ED custody
March 26, 2019 5:14 pm
Sushen Mohan Gupta was arrested on the basis of information provided to the agency by Rajiv Saxena, another accused in the alleged VVIP chopper scam, who has turned approver in the case.
Sharad Pawar on AgustaWestalnd case: Opposition to raise misuse of govt agencies in Parliament
December 30, 2018 6:03 pm
The Congress had Saturday claimed that the government was using the probe agencies to malign the Gandhi family, while the BJP said the "truth is coming out".
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Express Eye for Detail 16: What went wrong in Bulandshahr, Christian Michel’s role in AgustaWestland scam and more
June 22, 2020 6:08 pm
This week we look at how UP got to a place where mob violence that spiralled out of control got a police officer killed, why the extradition of Christian Michel is a political hot potato & how a WhatsApp video ruined a woman’s life in Kerela.
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