<div>After being quizzed by the CBI for three days, former Air Force chief S P Tyagi on Thursday appeared before the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in connection with the money laundering case arising out of the AgustaWestland scam.<br /><br /><div>At the same time, the CBI claimed that lawyer Gautam Khaitan admitted to taking payments from middlemen Guido Haschke and Carlo Gerosa in the AgustaWestland chopper deal. However, CBI sources said Khaitan denied that these were part of kickbacks related to Agusta deal.<br /><br /></div><div>Tyagi went to the ED office on Thursday morning after he was summoned for the first time by the agency probing money laundering cases.<br /><br /></div><div>The ED had registered a Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) case in this regard in 2014 and named 21 people, including Tyagi, in its money laundering FIR. It had also arrested Delhi-based businessman Gautam Khaitan and had filed a chargesheet last year.<br /><br /></div><div>Taking forward its probe, the ED asked the Defence Ministry, Income Tax Department and Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) to share details about officials and other individuals figuring in the case.<br /><br /></div><div>It has sought details of properties of 10 serving and retired officials of the Defence Ministry and the Indian Air Force who handled the Agusta deal. The I-T Department and FIU have been asked to provide details of their investments.<br /><br /></div><div>The ED is also looking into details of people mentioned in initials in documents submitted in the Court of Appeals in Italy's Milan. Investigators said they want to put faces to these initials though they have some inkling of who these people are.<br /><br /></div><div>CBI officials said they have called Khaitan to appear before it on Friday also. The CBI also quizzed former Deputy Air Chief N V Tyagi for the second day.<br /><br /></div><div>Sources said Khaitan's questioning lasted 10 hours while N V Tyagi was questioned for 4 hours. The CBI is also calling S P Tyagi's cousins -- Sandeep, Sanjeev, Rajeev -- who are named in the CBI FIR.</div></div>
<div>After being quizzed by the CBI for three days, former Air Force chief S P Tyagi on Thursday appeared before the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in connection with the money laundering case arising out of the AgustaWestland scam.<br /><br /><div>At the same time, the CBI claimed that lawyer Gautam Khaitan admitted to taking payments from middlemen Guido Haschke and Carlo Gerosa in the AgustaWestland chopper deal. However, CBI sources said Khaitan denied that these were part of kickbacks related to Agusta deal.<br /><br /></div><div>Tyagi went to the ED office on Thursday morning after he was summoned for the first time by the agency probing money laundering cases.<br /><br /></div><div>The ED had registered a Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) case in this regard in 2014 and named 21 people, including Tyagi, in its money laundering FIR. It had also arrested Delhi-based businessman Gautam Khaitan and had filed a chargesheet last year.<br /><br /></div><div>Taking forward its probe, the ED asked the Defence Ministry, Income Tax Department and Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) to share details about officials and other individuals figuring in the case.<br /><br /></div><div>It has sought details of properties of 10 serving and retired officials of the Defence Ministry and the Indian Air Force who handled the Agusta deal. The I-T Department and FIU have been asked to provide details of their investments.<br /><br /></div><div>The ED is also looking into details of people mentioned in initials in documents submitted in the Court of Appeals in Italy's Milan. Investigators said they want to put faces to these initials though they have some inkling of who these people are.<br /><br /></div><div>CBI officials said they have called Khaitan to appear before it on Friday also. The CBI also quizzed former Deputy Air Chief N V Tyagi for the second day.<br /><br /></div><div>Sources said Khaitan's questioning lasted 10 hours while N V Tyagi was questioned for 4 hours. The CBI is also calling S P Tyagi's cousins -- Sandeep, Sanjeev, Rajeev -- who are named in the CBI FIR.</div></div>
