A special court in Delhi today discharged arms dealer Abhishek Verma, his wife and others in a CBI case involving alleged payments to some officials to influence the Defence Ministry to keep a German firm out of the government's blacklist. <br/><br/>Special CBI Judge Anju Bajaj Chandna also discharged Verma and his Romanian wife Anca Verma in a money laundering case filed by Enforcement Directorate (ED) in the matter. The CBI had filed its charge sheet against Verma, his wife, Rheinmetall Air Defence (RAD) and its top official Gerhard Hoy. <br/><br/>The court discharged them saying that there was not enough evidence to put them on trial in the two cases.<br/><br/>According to CBI, RAD had transferred 5,30,000 dollars to a New York bank account belonging to Ganton Ltd, a US-based company owned by Verma. The police chargesheet said, Verma had promised to stall the blacklisting process in exchange for money. The ED had filed a separate case of money laundering against the couple on the basis of the CBI complaint.
News On AIR | April 26, 2017 5:46 PM
Delhi special court discharges arms dealer Abhishek Verma in CBI case