ED Summons Former IAF Officers In Augusta Westland VVIP Chopper Deal

17 March, New Delhi

The Enforcement Directorate has issued summons to two former Indian Air Force officers in connection with its money laundering probe into the 3,600-crore rupees AgustaWestland VVIP chopper deal case.

Officials said that two retired IAF officials — an Air Marshal and a Group Captain — have been allegedly found to have been associated with European national Christian Michel– the alleged middleman in
this case — vis-a-vis some monetary transactions.

ED sources said that the agency has tracked purported payments, running into lakhs, made by Michel to these officials as personal unexplained payments, which includes reimbursements made in connection
with foreign travels.