As result in 2012, Defence Minister AK Antony ordered a probe into allegations of kickbacks made against government officials involved in the deal.
On February 12, Finmeccanica Chief Executive and Chairman Giuseppe Orsi was arrested by Italian prosecutors. for paying bribes to secure the chopper deal. The position of the Indian government is that it cannot immediately comment on the prosecution's stand, unless Italy shares the details of the probe.
Finmeccanica Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Giuseppe Orsi and Ex- Indian Air Force chief SP Tyagi have been formally named by Italian investigators as one of those to whom Finmeccanica, the parent company of Agusta Westland, paid bribes to swing the deal in favour of the company but Former IAF Chief has denied any involvement in the scam .He stated that the whole process started in 2010 and he had retired in 2007.
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