A Delhi court on Thursday summoned Tihar Jail authorities after Christian Michel, the alleged middleman arrested in the AgustaWestland chopper scam, accused jail officials of serving him boiled food which he said had made him lose 16 kg.
Michel is currently being held in judicial custody in Delhi's Tihar Jail and in the latest court intervention in India, the Delhi High Court granted more time to him and the CBI to respond to a plea by Tihar Jail authorities challenging an order allowing him to make international phone calls in violation of prison rules.
A Delhi Court Thursday dismissed the plea of Christian Michel, alleged middleman arrested in the AgustaWestland chopper scam who sought 7-day interim bail to celebrate Easter with family, noting that he may tamper with evidence and abscond if released.
A Delhi court Saturday summoned David Nigel John Syms, an alleged middleman and business partner of British-national Christian Michel, a co-accused arrested in the AgustaWestland VVIP chopper case.
Christian Michel, alleged middleman arrested in the AgustaWestland VVIP Chopper scam, told a Delhi court Friday that he has not named anybody in connection with the deal during investigation by the Enforcement Directorate, which has filed a supplementary charge sheet.
Christian Michel, the alleged middleman in AgustaWestland chopper scam case, claimed in a Delhi court Tuesday that former CBI special director Rakesh Asthana met him in Dubai and threatened to make his life hell inside jail if he did not toe the line of the agency in its investigation in the scandal.
The Enforcement Directorate alleged that the woman had received "proceeds of crime" of this scam from the accused, Michel.
Michel, extradited from Dubai, was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on December 22 last year.
A Delhi court on Saturday dismissed the bail plea of Christian Michel, arrested in connection with an alleged scam in the Rs 3,600-crore AgustaWestland VVIP chopper deal.
Michel is among the three alleged middlemen being probed in the case by the ED and the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI). The others are Guido Haschke and Carlo Gerosa.
Michel, extradited from Dubai, was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on December 22 last year.
Michel, who was extradited from Dubai, was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on December 22 last year.
The UK had requested consular access to Michel, the alleged middleman in the Rs 3,600-crore VVIP Chopper case.
Michel, lodged in Tihar central jail here, moved an application through his advocate before special judge Arvind Kumar, who directed the jail authorities to file a response to the plea by Monday.
Christian Michel, who was extradited from Dubai, was arrested by the ED on December 22.
The BJP leader said the issue of the corruption was raised in the Italian government and also in the courts there.
Training its gun on Enforcement Directorate (ED) for 'Mrs Gandhi' claim, the Congress termed the agency an "embarrassing disaster" under the current dispensation.
The Enforcement Directorate told Delhi's Patiala House court that the alleged middleman in the AgustaWestland VVIP chopper case, Christian Michel has named 'Mrs Gandhi' while being interrogated, but the context of his statement was not clear.
He also accused the previous Congress government of corruption, saying it compromised with the national security.
The ED further added that Michel had taken the name of Mrs Gandhi but it is yet to be ascertained in what reference he said that.
