Choppergate: CBI gets documents from Italy
2 Aug 2013 4:54 AM IST
Italian authorities on Wednesday handed over some crucial documents in connection with Augsta Westland deal scam which is also being probed by the Central Bureau of Investigations (CBI).
Italy, however, till now hasn’t shared the crucial telephone transcripts in the Rs 3,600 crore VVIP helicopter scam, a move which may help it in expediting the probe into the case.
The documents which Indian authorities procured will be sent to Delhi for scrutiny and ascertaining the role of middlemen and others in the case.
The sources said that a set of over 40,000 documents related to contours of money trail were received by the CBI from the Italian court after Defence Ministry became a civil party in the ongoing case in the European country.
The transcripts, on the other hand, would help it carry forward its probe in the Rs 362 crore bribery scandal in which the then Indian Air Force chief SP Tyagi is also an accused, the sources said. The records are crucial to the CBI probe as they reportedly contain several conversations related to the alleged remittances made to cousins of Tyagi and other middlemen to clinch the deal, they said.
Italy, however, till now hasn’t shared the crucial telephone transcripts in the Rs 3,600 crore VVIP helicopter scam, a move which may help it in expediting the probe into the case.
The documents which Indian authorities procured will be sent to Delhi for scrutiny and ascertaining the role of middlemen and others in the case.
The sources said that a set of over 40,000 documents related to contours of money trail were received by the CBI from the Italian court after Defence Ministry became a civil party in the ongoing case in the European country.
The transcripts, on the other hand, would help it carry forward its probe in the Rs 362 crore bribery scandal in which the then Indian Air Force chief SP Tyagi is also an accused, the sources said. The records are crucial to the CBI probe as they reportedly contain several conversations related to the alleged remittances made to cousins of Tyagi and other middlemen to clinch the deal, they said.
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