February 5, 2019 9:03 AM

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AgustaWestland case: Delhi court extends ED custody of Rajeev Saxena

A Delhi court has extended by four more days the ED custody of Rajeev Saxena, an accused in the 3,600-crore rupees AgustaWestland case.<br />''<br />''He was extradited from Dubai on January 31 and sent to four-day custody of the Enforcement Directorate the same day.<br />''<br />''The court had allowed his custodial interrogation after the agency alleged that he and another accused provided global corporate structure to launder money.<br />''<br />''The ED had alleged that in connivance with another accused, Guatam Khaitan, a Delhi-based lawyer, Saxena provided a global corporate structure for laundering illegal proceeds of the crime for payment to various political persons, bureaucrats and Air Force officials to influence the contract  in favour of AgustaWestland.<br />''<br />''<span style="color: #222222;">On January 1, 2014, India scrapped the contract with AgustaWestland for supplying 12 AW-101 VVIP choppers to the IAF over alleged breach of contractual obligations and charges of kickbacks of Rs 423 crore paid by it to secure the deal.</span>

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