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Home / News / India News / Supreme Court issues notice to Centre on Agusta SIT
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    Supreme Court issues notice to Centre on Agusta SIT

    Written by
    Ramya Patelkhana
    Edited by
    Gaurav Jeyaraman
    Last updated on Sep 24, 2016, 01:18 pm
    Supreme Court issues notice to Centre on Agusta SIT
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  • On a PIL filed by Swaraj Abhiyan, SC issued a notice to the Centre seeking its stand on an SIT probe into AgustaWestland.

    Prashant Bhushan, appearing for the petitioner, alleged massive kickbacks and irregularities in AgustaWestland's deals with state governments and is seeking an SIT-probe.

    CAG reports substantiate this and mention the opaque manner in which J&K, Rajasthan, UP, Chhattisgarh and AP purchased helicopters.

  • In this article
    Genesis of the Indian chopper scandal IAF chief, 12 others named in FIR Finmeccanica boss sentenced in the Indian chopper scam Corruption took place in 2010, says Italian court The driving force behind the deal Payments made to Tyagi and his family AgustaWestland scam: BJP lashes out at Congress, demands explanation Govt to blacklist AgustaWestland, seeks CBI report ED summons ex-Air chief Tyagi for questioning Indian middleman admits receiving money from Swiss dealers Bhushan, Yadav make fresh accusations in AgustaWestland row Supreme Court issues notice to Centre on Agusta SIT
  • 13 Mar 2013

    Genesis of the Indian chopper scandal

    Genesis of the Indian chopper scandal
  • On 12 February 2013, the CEO of Finmeccanica, Giuseppe Orsi was arrested and with his detention, the chopper scandal broke out.

    India had signed a contract for the purchase of 12 AgustaWestland AW101 helicopters in February 2010.

    With the arrest of AgustaWestland's parent company's CEO by Italian authorities, India's Defense Minister AK Antony ordered a probe into the contract.

  • 13 Mar 2013

    IAF chief, 12 others named in FIR

    IAF chief, 12 others named in FIR
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  • The name of ex IAF chief SP Tyagi and 12 others surfaced in the FIR submitted by CBI for "alleged cheating and criminal conspiracy in Rs.3600 crore VVIP helicopter deal."

    Former Union minister Santosh Bagrodia's brother Satish Bagrodia and Pratap Aggarwal, Chairman and Managing Director of IDS Infotech were named too.

    Finmeccanica, AgustaWestland, IDS Infotech and Aeromatrix were the 4 companies which were named.

  • 8 Apr 2016

    Finmeccanica boss sentenced in the Indian chopper scam

    Finmeccanica boss sentenced in the Indian chopper scam
  • Giuseppe Orsi and Bruno Spagnolini of defense major Finmeccanica were sentenced by a Milan appeals court in a graft case involving 12 VVIP choppers' sale to India for Rs.3,600 crore.

    Orsi- Finmeccanica's former chief was given 4.5 years in jail while Spagnolini- former CEO of AgustaWestland (Finmeccanica's subsidiary) got a four-year sentence.

    With this judgement, the court reversed the 2014 order which acquitted Orsi.

  • 25 Apr 2016

    Corruption took place in 2010, says Italian court

    Corruption took place in 2010, says Italian court
  • Milan Court of Appeals released a 225-page judgment and said that 'corruption' took place during the 2010 deal between the former Indian government and Finmeccanica.

    It stated that a part of some $10-15 million had made their way to Indian officials.

    A 17-page-long chapter on ex-IAF Chief Tyagi was included in the judgment, which outlined the grounds on which he was accused of corruption.

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    The driving force behind the deal

  • The court reportedly described how Finmeccanica bribed senior Congress leaders including Sonia Gandhi, MK Narayanan, and ex-PM Manmohan Singh to strike the Rs.3600 crore chopper deal. The judge described Sonia Gandhi as the 'driving force behind the' deal.

  • 25 Apr 2016

    Payments made to Tyagi and his family

    Payments made to Tyagi and his family
  • The Italian Court stated that payments were made to Tyagi, currently facing CBI and ED's investigations, and his family (including three cousins) through wire transfers and in cash.

    The court's ruling was based on the tapped conversations of alleged mediators Carlo Gerosa and Guido Haschke.

    It added that the attempts to conceal Tyagi's involvement in the scam and destroy potential evidence were also made.

  • 27 Apr 2016

    AgustaWestland scam: BJP lashes out at Congress, demands explanation

    AgustaWestland scam: BJP lashes out at Congress, demands explanation
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  • Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad, in a press conference, alleged that the then-Defence Minister AK Anthony and Congress-Chief Sonia Gandhi were involved in the AgustaWestland scam.

    BJP leader Subramanian Swamy sought suspension of Question Hour and demanded a debate on the scam.

    Environment and Forests Minister Prakash Javadekar demanded an explanation from Congress on the 'very important and serious' case.

  • 28 Apr 2016

    Govt to blacklist AgustaWestland, seeks CBI report

    Govt to blacklist AgustaWestland, seeks CBI report
    Credits:
  • Amid the raging row over VVIP chopper scam, the government said it would seek a report from the CBI on the deal and initiate the move to blacklist AgustaWestland.

    Sources claimed the UPA government had not blacklisted AgustaWestland despite allegations of bribery.

    The government has sought a report from the CBI on the matter of AgustaWestland's dealings in India

  • 30 Apr 2016

    ED summons ex-Air chief Tyagi for questioning

    ED summons ex-Air chief Tyagi for questioning
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  • The ex-Air Force chief SP Tyagi has been summoned by the Enforcement Directorate in connection with money-laundering probe in the 3,600 crore AgustaWestland-chopper scam.

    The Enforcement Directorate maintained that it had identified politicians, bureaucrats, IAF officers and other beneficiaries of the kickbacks in 'Choppergate' who would be soon questioned.

    This is the first time an ex- Chief of Staff has been called for questioning.

  • 6 May 2016

    Indian middleman admits receiving money from Swiss dealers

    Indian middleman admits receiving money from Swiss dealers
  • Indian middleman Gautam Khaitan admitted to having received money from two Swiss middlemen for the AgustaWestland chopper deal.

    Khaitan confirmed to the CBI that IDS Tunisia, IDS India and Aeromatrix were used to route the money received from the Italian defence manufacturer.

    Meanwhile, the ED has approached the Income Tax Department seeking details of the transactions of Indian officials involved in the scandal.

  • 13 May 2016

    Bhushan, Yadav make fresh accusations in AgustaWestland row

    Bhushan, Yadav make fresh accusations in AgustaWestland row
    Credits:
  • Swaraj Abhiyan leader Prashant Bhushan and his colleague Yogendra Yadav stated that the Raman Singh government in Chhattisgarh bribed officials for a chopper deal in his state.

    The allegations were made after media houses flagged a complaint filed with the Income Tax Department urging a probe into AgustaWestland's deals in J&K, Rajasthan, UP, Chhattisgarh and Andhra Pradesh.

    Raman Singh has denied the accusations.

  • 24 Sep 2016

    Supreme Court issues notice to Centre on Agusta SIT

    Supreme Court issues notice to Centre on Agusta SIT
    Credits:
  • On a PIL filed by Swaraj Abhiyan, SC issued a notice to the Centre seeking its stand on an SIT probe into AgustaWestland.

    Prashant Bhushan, appearing for the petitioner, alleged massive kickbacks and irregularities in AgustaWestland's deals with state governments and is seeking an SIT-probe.

    CAG reports substantiate this and mention the opaque manner in which J&K, Rajasthan, UP, Chhattisgarh and AP purchased helicopters.

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