SAXENA’S CUSTODY EXTENDED

NEWDELHI: A Delhi court Friday extended the remand of Rajiv Saxena, a suspect in the ~3,600 crore Agustawestland bribery case, until February 12.

Appearing for the Enforcement Directorate(ed), special public prosecutor DP Singh informed the court that they need to confront Saxena with voluminous documents and that he would need two more days to finish writing the answers to the questions given to him.

Saxena was deported from Dubai on the night of January 30 and arrested by the ED on his arrival.

Earlier, the ED had told the court that Saxena, in connivance with Gautam Khaitan, a co-accused in Agustawestland case, “provided a corporate structure for money laundering”. This money, ED said, was paid to politicians, bureaucrats and air force officials who “influenced” the contract for supply of VVIP helicopters in favour of Agustawestland.