Chopper scam: CBI to send its own team to Italy for probe

The draft budget,presented by Italian prosecutors in one of the hearings earlier this month, showed entries earmarked for “AP” and “FAM” under the head of money for politicians and “DS”, “JS AIR”, “AFA”, “DG Acquisition” under the bureaucrat head.

However, CBI sources said these entries did not have any meaning until or unless the alleged middleman gave a clarification, that too in front of judicial officer, about the meaning of the abbreviations and whether any payment had been made.

CBI has also sent Letters Rogatory to three countries— Italy, Tunisia and Mauritius—to obtain more details about the case including the routes allegedly used by companies to pump in money into India.