Christian Michel taken to Dubai airport: Agusta Westland chopper scam

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Christian Michel was taken to the Dubai International Airport on Tuesday, where he would take a flight to India

Michel, the British wanted by Indian investigative agencies in the Rs 3,600 crore AgustaWestland VVIP choppers deal case, was reportedly taken to the Dubai International Airport on Tuesday, where he would take a flight to India.

Michel is one of the three middlemen being probed in the case, besides Guido Haschke and Carlo Gerosa, by the ED and the CBI. Both the agencies have notified an Interpol red corner notice (RCN) against him after the court issued a non-bailable warrant against him.

On January 1, 2014, India scrapped the contract with Italy-based Finmeccanica’s British subsidiary Agusta Westland for supplying 12 AW-101 VVIP choppers to the IAF over alleged breach of contractual obligations and charges of paying kickbacks to the tune of Rs 423 crore by it for securing the deal.

The CBI has alleged there was an estimated loss of Euro 398.21 million (approximately Rs 2,666 crore) to the exchequer in the deal that was signed on February 8, 2010 for the supply of VVIP choppers worth Euro 556.262 million.