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Former Air Chief SP Tyagi met AgustaWestland middlemen seven times from 2004 to 2007, sources in the CBI have said. Air Marshal Tyagi is being questioned today by the investigating agency on the Agusta deal in which kickbacks were allegedly paid to Indian officials and politicians to influence the contract for a dozen VVIP choppers.
Retired Air Marshal Tyagi is accused by investigators in Italy and India of helping AgustaWestland win the Rs.3,600 crore chopper contract by tailoring specifications.
Sources say it was in 2004 that a representative of Agusta's Italy-based parent company Finmeccanica first came and met with SP Tyagi, who was then air vice chief.
In January 2005, months after the government announced that Air
Marshal Tyagi was next in line for chief, Agusta middlemen Guido Haschke and Carlo Gerosa met him. Air Marshal Tyagi allegedly met the middlemen again the very next month at an air show in Bengaluru, where Agusta had put up a stall.
The CBI also alleges that the Tyagi brothers, Sanjeev, Rajeev and Sandeep were long-time associates of Guido Haschke and Carlo Gerosa.
7 Meetings Over AgustaWestland Deal? Ex Air Chief SP Tyagi Questioned
Retired Air Marshal Tyagi is accused by investigators in Italy and India of helping AgustaWestland win the Rs.3,600 crore chopper contract by tailoring specifications.
Sources say it was in 2004 that a representative of Agusta's Italy-based parent company Finmeccanica first came and met with SP Tyagi, who was then air vice chief.
In January 2005, months after the government announced that Air
Marshal Tyagi was next in line for chief, Agusta middlemen Guido Haschke and Carlo Gerosa met him. Air Marshal Tyagi allegedly met the middlemen again the very next month at an air show in Bengaluru, where Agusta had put up a stall.
The CBI also alleges that the Tyagi brothers, Sanjeev, Rajeev and Sandeep were long-time associates of Guido Haschke and Carlo Gerosa.
7 Meetings Over AgustaWestland Deal? Ex Air Chief SP Tyagi Questioned
