Chopper scam: CBI files FIR against SP Tyagi

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Wednesday filed an FIR against former IAF Chief SP Tyagi and 12 others for alleged cheating and criminal conspiracy in Rs. 3600 crore VVIP Helicopter deal.    

Tyagi is first Chief of the Indian Air Force to be named in a corruption or criminal case by the CBI. The agency's sources said provisions of Prevention of Corruption Act have also been slapped in the FIR filed by the agency.

Two new names, including those of brother of former Union Minister Santosh Bagrodia, Satish Bagrodia and Pratap Aggarwal, Chairman and Managing Director of IDS Infotechwhich were not part of the agency's preliminary enquiry, have also been included in the FIR.

The CBI team probing the AgustaWestland bribery case carried out co-ordinated searches at 14 locations across homes and business premises in New Delhi, NCR and Chandigarh.

The government will take the "strongest possible action" if the CBI finds wrongdoing, junior defence minister Jitender Singh told parliament as the raids were under way.

The CBI said it had registered a criminal case under India's anti-corruption laws and named Italian defence company Finmeccanica and its Anglo-Italian unit, AgustaWestland, as targets of its probe. 

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