<span style="color: #222222;">A Delhi court today dismissed bail pleas of Christian Michel, arrested in the 3,600-crore rupee AgustaWestland VVIP chopper deal case. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Special judge Arvind Kumar rejected Michel's plea in the cases filed by the CBI and the Enforcement Directorate.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">An alleged middleman in the chopper deal, Michel was extradited from Dubai and arrested by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on December 22 last year. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">He is in judicial custody of ED and CBI till 26th February. Michel, along with two others, is being probed by both the agencies in the case. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">The CBI and ED had argued that Michel is closely linked to certain influential people and there exists a reasonable apprehension that he may tamper with the evidence. </span><br />''