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SC agrees to hear AgustaWestland middleman James' plea for release from jail

SC agrees to hear AgustaWestland middleman James' plea for release from jail
Updated on May 04, 2026 01:42 pm IST

VVIP chopper scam: Why work with AgustaWestland but ban ‘conduit’, says SC

The hearing arose out of the Centre’s challenge to an August 28 Delhi High Court judgment that had quashed a series of suspension orders issued against Defsys. (Sanjay Sharma)
Published on Mar 17, 2026 06:20 pm IST

Tihar refutes Christian Michel James claim of keeping him with 'desperate accused'

Tihar refutes Christian Michel James claim of keeping him with 'desperate accused'
Published on Apr 24, 2025 06:36 pm IST

Michel seeks to remain in jail citing security concerns

British national Christian Michel James, the alleged middleman in the AgustaWestland money laundering case, at Rouse Avenue court in New Delhi on Friday. (PTI)
Published on Mar 08, 2025 08:26 am IST

Agustawestland case: 11 years on, choppers probe remains stuck

The Delhi HC has granted bail to Christian Michel James in the money-laundering case. (AP)
Published on Mar 05, 2025 06:54 am IST

AgustaWestland ‘scam’: SC grants bail to British national Christian Michel

In this file picture from 2018, James Christian Michel (C) the alleged middleman in the multi-crore AgustaWestland chopper deal, being produced at a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Court, in Patiala House Court, in New Delhi.
Updated on Feb 18, 2025 03:10 pm IST

DHFL: CBI seizes AgustaWestland chopper from Pune premises of builder Bhosale

The seized AgustaWestland chopper from Avinash Bhosale's premises in Pune.
Updated on Jul 30, 2022 09:01 pm IST

AgustaWestland case: 9 years on, money trail back in the spotlight

Agusta Westland scam accused middleman Michel Christian (PTI)
Updated on Apr 16, 2022 05:18 am IST

Whenever you think of kickback in defence deal, think of Congress leaders: BJP’s Ravi Shankar Prasad

Senior BJP leader and Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad
Updated on Nov 17, 2020 08:39 pm IST

AgustaWestland case: Delhi HC directs authorities to return passport of Rajiv Saxena

Rajiv Saxena, is an accused turned approver in the AgustaWestland case.
Updated on Oct 16, 2020 12:02 pm IST

AgustaWestland scam: Court to pass order on cognisance of charge sheet on September 25

British National Christian Michel James
Updated on Sept 24, 2020 09:47 pm IST

AugustaWestland case: CBI names Rajiv Saxena in second charge sheet

Among those arraigned as accused in the CBI charge sheet, filed on Friday, are Rajiv Saxena, a middleman who was deported to India from Dubai in January 2019 and was made an approver in the case by the Enforcement Directorate in April the same year.
Updated on Sept 20, 2020 07:49 am IST

AgustaWestland scam: CBI files supplementary charge sheet against middlemen Christian Michel James, Rajiv Saxena and 13 others

James Christian Michel, the alleged middleman in the multi-crore AgustaWestland chopper deal, is seen in this file photo.
Updated on Sept 19, 2020 12:35 pm IST

Ex-defence secy played key role in AgustaWestland deal: CBI

Former defence secretary Shashi Kant Sharma
Updated on Sept 14, 2020 03:11 am IST

AgustaWestland case: CBI seeks sanction to prosecute ex-CAG, 4 IAF officers

A file photo of an AgustaWestland helicopter.
Updated on Sept 11, 2020 09:16 pm IST

VVIP chopper scam: ED raids on Shravan Gupta part of hunt for ‘real beneficiaries’

Shravan Gupta is the managing director of realty firm MGF.
Updated on Jun 25, 2020 01:17 pm IST

AgustaWestland VVIP chopper case: ED raids premises linked to businessman Shravan Gupta

The deal to purchase 12 VVIP choppers from Italy-based Finmeccanica’s British subsidiary AgustaWestland was scrapped by India in 2014.
Updated on Jun 25, 2020 11:58 am IST

AgustaWestland case: Rajiv Saxena’s villa, bank accounts attached

Rajiv Saxena (centre) was deported to India from the UAE on January 31, 2019, and arrested under money laundering act.
Updated on May 30, 2020 07:41 am IST

ED attaches assets worth Rs 385 cr from AugustaWestland scam accused Rajiv Saxena

Rajiv Saxena, an accused-turned-approver in the AgustaWestland VVIP chopper case, was deported to India from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in January last year and arrested under the money laundering act. (File photo Reuters)
Updated on May 29, 2020 07:20 pm IST

AgustaWestland scam accused cites Covid-19 risk in bail plea, SC declines

File phot of Christian Michel. (HT)
Updated on Apr 22, 2020 04:02 pm IST

Alleged middleman Michel bail plea over Covid-19 denied; you are in a separate cell, says judge

AgustaWestland scam accused middleman Michel Christian is in judicial custody from January 2019 and has been lodged in Tihar jail for 16 months now. He was extradited by the CBI from Dubai in December 2018.
Updated on Apr 07, 2020 02:42 pm IST

India’s ultra-rich create havens abroad to siphon funds, says ED

Enforcement Directorate said some ultra-rich or high net-worth individuals (HNIs) create corporate structures across various foreign jurisdictions to transfer unaccounted funds
Updated on Nov 25, 2019 05:34 am IST

Court seeks CBI, ED reply on Christian Michel plea in Agusta case

A Delhi court has sought responses from the CBI and the ED on a plea by Christian Michel seeking an enquiry against the two probe agencies for allegedly trying to interfere with the consular access given to him.
Published on Nov 12, 2019 03:56 am IST

MP CM Kamal Nath’s nephew asked friend to destroy evidence: ED charge sheet

One of the main allegations against Ratul Puri is that he received a total of $150,000 from a charge-sheeted entity called Intersteller that, the Enforcement Directorate claims, received in kickbacks from IDS Tunisia, which in turn received it from AgustaWestland.
Updated on Nov 09, 2019 06:03 am IST

ED links emails in Agusta money trail to Kamal Nath’s nephew

Reference to Kamal Nath’s son in the charge sheet is in the mention of a booking of tickets for a year-end trip to Phuket, Thailand.
Updated on Nov 08, 2019 05:31 am IST

Kamal Nath’s nephew led a lavish life with banks’ money: ED

The Enforcement Directorate, in a charge sheet filed in a bank fraud case, has said that businessman Ratul Puri was living a lavish lifestyle with the banks’ money
Updated on Oct 19, 2019 04:12 am IST

ED removes officer who let Ratul Puri slip away during toilet break

In the show cause notice, the case officer was asked to explain how the lapse happened. Puri was later arrested in August.
Updated on Sept 18, 2019 10:21 pm IST

CBI seeks court nod to quiz Michel in AgustaWestland case

Christian Michel, the alleged middleman in the multi-crore AgustaWestland chopper deal, was taken into custody by the CBI on December 5, 2018 after his extradition from Dubai.
Published on Sept 17, 2019 01:19 pm IST

Court extends ED custody of Kamal Nath’s nephew by 4 days

Puri was arrested under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) in the bank fraud related case last week after he appeared before the central probe agency in the chopper case after it slapped a fresh criminal case against him and others, taking cognisance of a CBI FIR.
Published on Aug 27, 2019 01:23 am IST