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VVIP chopper case: Accused gets time for scrutiny of documents

A Delhi court today granted two weeks time to a woman director of two Dubai-based firms to complete the scrutiny of documents in a money laundering case filed against her in connection with the 3,600 crore rupees VVIP chopper deal.<br/><br/>Special Judge Arvind Kumar allowed Shivani Saxena's plea seeking more time to go through the documents, including copy of the charge sheet and the papers filed along with it. The court posted the matter for further hearing on October 16. <br/><br/>The Enforcement Directorate had earlier handed over a copy of the charge sheet to Saxena.<br/><br/>The court had on September 19 taken cognizance of the supplementary charge sheet in which the ED had told the court<br/>that Saxena was an active director of the Dubai-based firms. She, along with the private firms — M/s UHY Saxena and M/s Matrix Holdings in which she was a director, was<br/>charge sheeted by the agency under various sections of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act. Saxena was arrested by the ED on July 17 from Chennai in Tamil Nadu.<br/><br/>The agency claimed that its probe found that Agusta Westland, United Kingdom, had paid an amount of Euro 58 million as kickbacks through two Tunisia-based firms.<br/><br/>On January 1, 2014, India had scrapped the contract with<br/>Finmeccanica's British subsidiary AgustaWestland for supplying<br/>12 AW-101 VVIP choppers to the IAF over alleged breach of<br/>contractual obligations and charges of kickbacks to the tune of 423 crore rupees allegedly paid by the firm for securing the deal.

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