Chopper scam: CBI grills ex-Air chief Tyagi, cousins
7 March 2013 6:48 AM IST
The CBI on Wednesday grilled former Air Chief S P Tyagi and his cousins for over two hours in connection with its ongoing probe into the alleged kickbacks in the Rs 3,600-crore VVIP helicopter deal.
The former Air Chief, who reached the CBI headquarters at about 3 pm, was quizzed for over two hours after his cousins Julie and Docsa Tyagi faced a volley of questions on their alleged association with European middlemen Carlo Gerosa and Guido Haschke.
Gerosa and Haschke have been accused by the Italian investigators of payment of illegal gratification to swing the deal for 12 VVIP choppers in favour of AgustaWestland. The CBI has already questioned executives of Indian arms of Aeromatrix and IDS Infotech-companies through which alleged bribe was routed from Mauritius and Tunisia in the garb of payments for engineering contracts.
In his probe report, the Italian prosecutor had said Gerosa and Haschke had close contacts with former Air Chief’s family, particularly his three cousins – Julie, Docsa and Sandeep. The report had also claimed that the former air chief had met the middlemen 6-7 times. It had claimed that Haschke and Gerosa, through the Tyagi brothers, managed to change the tender details, modifying the ‘operational ceiling’ from 18,000 feet to 15,000 feet altitude, thus making AgustaWestland eligible to take part in the tender process.
The former Air Chief, who reached the CBI headquarters at about 3 pm, was quizzed for over two hours after his cousins Julie and Docsa Tyagi faced a volley of questions on their alleged association with European middlemen Carlo Gerosa and Guido Haschke.
Gerosa and Haschke have been accused by the Italian investigators of payment of illegal gratification to swing the deal for 12 VVIP choppers in favour of AgustaWestland. The CBI has already questioned executives of Indian arms of Aeromatrix and IDS Infotech-companies through which alleged bribe was routed from Mauritius and Tunisia in the garb of payments for engineering contracts.
In his probe report, the Italian prosecutor had said Gerosa and Haschke had close contacts with former Air Chief’s family, particularly his three cousins – Julie, Docsa and Sandeep. The report had also claimed that the former air chief had met the middlemen 6-7 times. It had claimed that Haschke and Gerosa, through the Tyagi brothers, managed to change the tender details, modifying the ‘operational ceiling’ from 18,000 feet to 15,000 feet altitude, thus making AgustaWestland eligible to take part in the tender process.
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