July 27, 2016 9:12 PM

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AugustaWestland deal case: CBI claims visit to Italy gave 'new impetus' to probe

CBI has collected details in the AugustaWestland VVIP Helicopter deal case from Italain key police and legal officials who had probed the graft allegations. Sources said, a two-member CBI team visited Italy recently in this regard. As part of its investigations, the agency is focussing on money trail of a suspected 50 million Euros bribe amount spread across eight countries.<br/><br/>CBI officials said the visit has given a new impetus to the probe. The case is now being probed by a SIT headed by an Additional Director of the CBI.<br/><br/>The CBI had registered a case against former IAF Chief S P Tyagi along with 13 others including his cousins and European middlemen in connection with alleged bribery in the 2010 deal of 12 AgustaWestland helicopters for VVIPs.

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