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VVIP chopper deal: Court seeks response from ED on bail plea of woman director of two Dubai-based firms

A special court in New Delhi today sought response from the Enforcement Directorate on the bail plea of a woman director of two Dubai-based firms in a money laundering case related to the 3,600 crore rupees VVIP chopper deal. <br/><br/>Special Judge Arvind Kumar directed the agency to file by October 6, its reply to the application moved by Shivani Saxena, director of Dubai-based Ms UHY Saxena and Ms Matrix Holdings. The court also directed Tihar Jail authorities to provide her specialised treatment within three days as she complained of various serious ailments. The ED had on September 13 filed a charge sheet against her and others.<br/><br/>The agency claimed that its probe had found that AgustaWestland, United Kingdom, had paid an amount of 58 million Euro as kickbacks through two Tunisia-based firms. The ED had also arrested in this case Delhi-based businessman Gautam Khaitan who is currently out on bail. It<br/>had registered a PMLA case in 2014 and named 21 people in its<br/>money laundering FIR.<br/><br/>On January 1, 2014, India had scrapped the contract with Finmeccanica's British subsidiary AgustaWestland for supplying 12 AW-101 VVIP choppers to the IAF over alleged breach of contractual obligations and charges of kickbacks of 423 crore rupees paid by it to secure the deal.

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