Agustawestland Case  

Christian Michel is the accused middleman, charged with money laundering of Rs 3,600 crore, in the AgustaWestland chopper deal. Both CBI and ED have opposed his bail plea.

Businessman Ratul Puri was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on September 3 following which he remained in its custody
 

Christian Michel was extradited from Dubai last year and is currently lodged in Tihar Jail in connection with alleged irregularities in the AugustaWestland VVIP chopper deal. The CBI will interrogate him from September 24 and 26.

Businessman Ratul Puri has been sent to judicial custody in Tihar jail till October 1 in connection with Rs 3,600 crore AgustaWestland VVIP chopper deal case

 

Former finance minister P Chidambaram spent his first night in Tihar jail cell on Thursday. A Delhi court has sent him to two-week judicial custody in the INX Media case. Nephew of Kamal Nath, Ratul Puri is also lodged in the Tihar jail for the AgustaWestland case. 

A court in New Delhi granted interim protection from arrest to Ratul Puri, nephew of Kamal Nath who is the chief minister of Madhya Pradesh. This in connection with a money laundering case related to AgustaWestland VVIP Chopper scam. 

The Enforcement Directorate has been investigating Sushen Mohan Gupta in connection to the AgustaWestland scam and now wants to interrogate Ratul Puri in Gupta's presence.

Christian Michel has claimed that his team and he had access to sensitive inside information about the government of India at the time of the deal and the level of corruption that had spread within the then ruling Congress.

How Rajiv Saxena operated as a middleman for the AgustaWestland case and how Deepak Talwar laundered money, with the latter involving some high-profile journalists for lobbying during the UPA regime

According to the data compiled by DoPT, there has been an almost 20% dip in conviction in corruption cases since Alok Verma took over as the CBI chief. 
 

ED gets seven more days of custody to establish money trail as Indian officials who Christian Michel met as part of the bribery scandal. ED is also looking for all the places where these meetings were held.