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  Christian Michel James gets bail in AgustaWestland money laundering case after seven years

  India | December 20, 2025 18:40 IST

  CBI's senior prosecutor DP Singh objected fiercely, citing flight risk for British national James. Despite Supreme Court and High Court bails in CBI and ED cases, tied to Rs 5 lakh bonds and passport surrender, which went unfurnished, his lawyer pledged, "He'll fully engage in trial if freed."

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  AgustaWestland chopper scam: Delhi High Court grants bail to middleman Christian Michel in ED case

  India | March 04, 2025 19:10 IST

  The ED chargesheet was filed against James in June 2016, alleging he received 30 million Euros (about Rs 225 crore) from AgustaWestland.

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  AgustaWestland case: Christian Michel moves Delhi HC for bail on COVID-19 pretext

  India | March 26, 2020 14:43 IST

  AgustaWestland deal alleged middleman Christian Michel James on Thursday moved the Delhi High Court seeking interim bail in the CBI and ED case against him, on the grounds of the outbreak of COVID-19.  

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  Delhi court extends ED custody of Ratul Puri by 3 days in AgustaWestland money laundering case

  India | September 16, 2019 15:59 IST

  A Delhi court on Monday extended by three days the ED custody of Ratul Puri, nephew of Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Kamal Nath, in a money laundering case related to AgustaWestland chopper scam.

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  ED attaches Gautam Khaitan's wife's bank deposits in blackmoney case

  India | July 03, 2019 16:16 IST

  Gautam Khaitan, a Delhi-based lawyer, and businessman was arrested by the ED in January after it filed a fresh criminal case against him and his wife Ritu Khaitan on the basis of an Income Tax Department complaint under the Black Money (Undisclosed Foreign Income and Assets) and Imposition of Tax Act, 2015. 

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  Tax evasion probe: IT dept raids several locations linked to VVIP chopper case accused Rajeev Saxena

  India | July 01, 2019 14:22 IST

  The department is also expected to move court to question Saxena, who is in the custody of the Enforcement Directorate (ED) at present.  

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  PM attacks Gandhi family over ED charge sheet in Agusta scam, Congress says cheap poll stunt

  April 05, 2019 23:22 IST

  Alleging that Congress and corruption were inseparable partners, Modi told a rally in Uttarakhand that Michel has hinted at the Congress' first family's involvement in the chopper deal.

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  Three journalists' name in Agusta Westland chargesheet

  India | April 05, 2019 8:23 IST

  The names of these leaders and journalists are, however, not as accused in the chargesheet filed before a city court.

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  VVIP chopper scam: Delhi court sends Rajeev Saxena to judicial custody till Feb 18, orders his medical check-up

  India | February 12, 2019 16:02 IST

  Saxena is one of the accused named in the charge sheet filed by ED in AgustaWestland money laundering case.

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  AgustaWestland VVIP chopper case: Delhi court extends ED custody of Rajeev Saxena by 4 days

  India | February 04, 2019 19:49 IST

  Saxena, a Dubai-based businessman, was extradited from Dubai on January 31 and sent to four-day custody of the Enforcement Directorate (ED) the same day. 

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  AgustaWestland case: Delhi's Patiala Court reserves order on bail plea of Christian Michel for December 22

  India | December 19, 2018 13:43 IST

  During the hearing, Michel's counsel Aljo K Joseph claimed that his client was cooperating in the investigating and hence is liable to be granted bail.

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  AgustaWestland chopper scam | No UAE court order to extradite Christian Michel to India: Sources

  India | September 19, 2018 20:05 IST

  News agency PTI has learnt that there was no court order on extradition of Michel to India as reported.

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  AgustaWestland case: Dubai court orders middleman Christian Michel's extradition to India

  India | September 19, 2018 7:41 IST

  The order is being seen as a major shot in the arm to the agencies-- Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and ED -- probing the case.

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  AgustaWestland VVIP chopper scam: Delhi court to consider ED's charge sheet today

  India | July 23, 2018 23:56 IST

  In the charge sheet, the ED said it had recorded unimpeachable evidence supporting the allegations against all the accused persons.

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  AgustaWestland scam: Modi govt coercing middleman to name Sonia as co-conspirator, says Congress

  Politics | July 19, 2018 23:08 IST

  Congress spokesperson Randeep Surjewala on Thursday claimed hat the Narendra Modi government is using investigative agencies to pressure Christian Michael into signing a false confession naming the UPA chairperson.

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  AgustaWestland scam: ED files supplementary charge sheet against ex-Air Force Chief SP Tyagi, others

  India | July 18, 2018 21:05 IST

  The charge sheet accuses them of money laundering of around 28 million Euro, punishable under sections 3 and 4 of PMLA.

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  Chopper deal: Khaitan remanded in seven-day ED custody

  India | September 23, 2014 19:36 IST

  New Delhi: Businessman Gautam Khaitan, the first accused to be arrested in connection with Rs 3,600-crore AgustaWestland chopper deal case, was today remanded in seven- day Enforcement Directorate (ED) custody by a Delhi court after