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A retired brigadier's ordeal ended after seven years as the CBI finally closed an offshoot of the AgustaWestland VVIP chopper corruption case against him following no incriminating evidence supporting bribery allegations found.
AgustaWestland VVIP chopper scam: The advocate appearing for Christian Michel contended before the top court that the investigations are still not completed and he has undergone three years and six months as of now and before extradition, he was in Dubai custody.
Former Defence Secretary Shashi Kant Sharma and former Air Vice Marshal Jasbir Singh Panesar were charged by the CBI today in the Agusta-Westland case involving corruption in the purchase of VVIP choppers.
WHAT IS AGUSTAWESTLAND VVIP CHOPPER SCAM? AgustaWestland VVIP Chopper Scam The AgustaWestland VVIP chopper scam is a corruption case where it has been alleged that bribes were paid to “middlemen”, perhaps even politicians, when India agreed to buy 12 AgustaWestland helicopters built by Italian defence manufacturing giant Finmeccanica at an estimated cost of Rs 3,600 crore. It has been alleged that several parameters — the height of the cabin of the helicopter, the operating ceiling, and the maximum altitude the helicopter could fly to, for instance...