<p>The Enforcement Directorate (ED) today questioned a former IAF Group Captain in connection with its money laundering probe in the multi-crore AgustaWestland VVIP helicopter deal.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Sources said the agency questioned the retired officer for about two hours and his statement was recorded under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA).<br /><br />They said the officer was questioned about some foreign remittances received in his account from suspected accounts of the middlemen who are alleged to have played a role in swinging 'kickbacks' to the tune of Rs 3,600 to crack the deal in favour of the said Italian firm.<br /><br />The officer under scanner, sources said, has floated a private defence consultancy firm to interact with foreign vendors across the globe even as the sources said he "denied any wrongdoing in this VVIP choppers deal" case.<br /><br />The probe agency, in the same case, had questioned an ex-Air Marshal of the Indian Air Force (IAF) yesterday.<br /><br />The ED had registered a criminal case under PMLA last year to probe alleged financial violations in the 12 VVIP choppers deal by India from AgustaWestland.</p>
<p>The Enforcement Directorate (ED) today questioned a former IAF Group Captain in connection with its money laundering probe in the multi-crore AgustaWestland VVIP helicopter deal.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Sources said the agency questioned the retired officer for about two hours and his statement was recorded under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA).<br /><br />They said the officer was questioned about some foreign remittances received in his account from suspected accounts of the middlemen who are alleged to have played a role in swinging 'kickbacks' to the tune of Rs 3,600 to crack the deal in favour of the said Italian firm.<br /><br />The officer under scanner, sources said, has floated a private defence consultancy firm to interact with foreign vendors across the globe even as the sources said he "denied any wrongdoing in this VVIP choppers deal" case.<br /><br />The probe agency, in the same case, had questioned an ex-Air Marshal of the Indian Air Force (IAF) yesterday.<br /><br />The ED had registered a criminal case under PMLA last year to probe alleged financial violations in the 12 VVIP choppers deal by India from AgustaWestland.</p>