New Delhi: The Enforcement Directorate has made some startling revelations to Delhi’s Patiala House Court on Saturday.
The ED has told the court that alleged middleman in the AgustaWestland case Christian Michel has named ‘Mrs Gandhi’ and that Michel has identified how the Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) was removed from the deal and was later offered to Tata instead, stated the news agency ANI.
Meanwhile, the ED has also sought a ban on the access of Michel’s lawyer to him alleging that he is being tutored from outside.
Reports suggest that the decision on granting of consular access to the British High Commission for Christian Michel has not been taken yet. The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) had, on December 10, agreed to the British High Commission’s request for consular access to the British citizen, reported Zeenews.
Michel had been sent to Enforcement Directorate’s (ED) custody for seven days on December 22. He was arrested on December 5 after being extradited to India from Dubai. The Rs 3,600 crore AgustaWestland VVIP helicopter deal, finalised during former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s tenure, was mired in allegations of kickbacks. 54-year-old Michel is an accused in the case along with former India’s Air Force Chief, Air Marshal SP Tyagi, among others.
