New Delhi: Aeromatrix Info Solutions private limited, an accused firm in the Rs 3600 crore VVIP helicopter deal scam, has moved a Delhi court seeking defreezing of its bank account for paying salaries to its employees. The Chandigarh-based firm, in its petition, has said the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has frozen its bank account having around Rs 1.4 crore in it and they want money to pay their employees.
Special CBI Judge Ravinder Kaur on Wednesday directed the firm to furnish the details of the bank account and employees who are to be paid salary and fixed the matter for further hearing on April 20. CBI prosecutor VK Sharma opposed the plea of the company for defreezing of their bank account.
Former IAF chief SP Tyagi has also been named as an accused by the CBI in the chopper deal. The former Air Chief, his cousins - Sanjeev alias Julie, Rajeev alias Docsa and Sandeep - European middlemen Carlo Gerosa, Christian Michel and Guido Haschke are among 13 individuals named in the CBI FIR as accused.
Besides Aeromatrix, its CEO Praveen Bakshi is also an accused in the case. Legal advisor and former board member of accused firm IDS Infotech -- Gautam Khaitan and Bakshi had allegedly routed bribe money to the Tyagis, CBI had alleged....
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05:58 PM, Apr 17, 2013
Amid the ongoing controversy over alleged kickbacks in the Rs 3,600 crore VVIP chopper deal, Anglo-Italian firm AgustaWestland on Tuesday replied to Defence Ministry queries, denying any wrongdoing. The Ministry had asked the firm to provide details about its transactions with Tunisia and India-based firms IDS Infotech and Aeromatrix. ...
11:20 PM, Mar 19, 2013
Gautam Khaitan, former board member of Aeromatrix, one of the companies named in the VVIP helicopter bribery scandal, was on Thursday quizzed by CBI on his alleged links with Italian middlemen. Khaitan, an advocate, who arrived at CBI headquarters at around 10 in the morning, was grilled for nearly eight hours in connection with his alleged links with Italian middlemen - Carlo Gerosa and Guido Haschkhe, CBI sources said. ...
08:25 PM, Mar 07, 2013
The Central Bureau of Investigation on Thursday questioned former Director of Aeromatrix Gautam Khaitan in the AgustaWestland chopper deal case. Khaitan was questioned in connection with his links to middlemen in the chopper deal. ...
11:39 AM, Mar 07, 2013
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Wednesday questioned former Indian Air Force chief SP Tyagi in connection with the AgustaWestland chopper deal case. Earlier reports had said that Tyagi would be questioned on Thursday. ...
04:30 PM, Mar 06, 2013
CBI on Monday started examination of suspects in connection with alleged kickbacks received in the Rs 3600 crore VVIP chopper deal as it reached Chandigarh and questioned executives of IDS Infotech and Aeromatrix-firms named in its preliminary enquiry (PE). CBI sources, without revealing identities said officials of both the firms were examined in connection with PE registered by it. ...
09:14 PM, Mar 04, 2013
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) team met the Italian judge presiding on Wednesday the case but they were red faced as Italian authorities refused to share any documents with them. ...
07:29 AM, Feb 21, 2013
As the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) gets ready to investigate the tainted AgustaWestland chopper deal, CNN-IBN has accessed details of phone conversations between the alleged middlemen, Guido Ralph Haschke and Carlo Gerosa, hinting at the Indian connection. These tapped phone conversations also reveal how Haschke destroyed all evidence of wrongdoing. ...
06:37 PM, Feb 18, 2013
CNN-IBN's senior editor Jyoti Kamal joined IBNLive readers for an interaction on the AgustaWestland chopper deal bribery scandal. ...
05:47 PM, Feb 18, 2013
Sanjeev Tyagi, the cousin of former air chief SP Tyagi, has refuted allegations of his involvement in the tainted chopper deal. ...
11:10 PM, Feb 16, 2013
As the CBI gets set to seek out more details to begin their probe into the AgustaWestland chopper deal, CNN-IBN is trying to trace how the bribe money found its way into India. Companies were floated just to bring in massive amounts of money to bribe individuals under the garb of engineering contracts. ...
07:14 PM, Feb 16, 2013
In a major setback to the Indian team investigating the tainted AgustaWestland chopper deal, the Italian court on Saturday refused to share its probe-related documents saying it couldn't share evidence. Earlier, Minister of External Affairs Salman Khurshid had said that India was trying to get access to the details of the chargesheet in the Italian court. He had also remained non-committal on the deal being called off. ...
04:33 PM, Feb 16, 2013
Aeromatrix, an IT company in Chandigarh, has come under scanner after the tainted Italian chopper deal came to light. Its CEO Praveen Bakshi says his firm is not involved in any kickbacks and they are only a vendor providing engineering services to AgustaWestland. ...
02:10 PM, Feb 13, 2013
New Delhi: The Indian Air Force (IAF) has issued a clarification denying that a former pilot is among the Indians named in a bribery case surrounding the sale of VVIP helicopters to the IAF from Anglo-Italian helicopter company AgustaWestland, that is owned by Italian industrial conglomerate Finmeccanica. Air Force PRO, Squadron Leader Priya Joshi issued a clarification saying, "As per the records held with the IAF, there is no ex-...
09:30 PM, Oct 27, 2012
