Special CBI Judge Ravinder Kaur rejected the application of Chandigarh-based Aeromatrix Info Solutions Pvt Ltd after CBI claimed the accused firm was being used in channelising ‘ill gotten’ money from UK-based Agusta Westland.
The scam also allegedly involves former IAF chief S P Tyagi. ‘Letters Rogatory have already been issued by this court to Italy, Tunisia and Mauritius. The investigation is at a crucial stage and in view of the nature of allegations against the applicant (Aeromatrix) and the evidence collected by CBI till date, I am not inclined to release the remaining 50 per cent of both the accounts of the applicant seized by CBI during the investigation of this case,’ the judge said.
The scam also allegedly involves former IAF chief S P Tyagi. ‘Letters Rogatory have already been issued by this court to Italy, Tunisia and Mauritius. The investigation is at a crucial stage and in view of the nature of allegations against the applicant (Aeromatrix) and the evidence collected by CBI till date, I am not inclined to release the remaining 50 per cent of both the accounts of the applicant seized by CBI during the investigation of this case,’ the judge said.