Court nod to Mauritius LR

A Delhi court has cleared the judicial request of the CBI to be sent to Mauritius for seeking details of certain companies based there as part of agency’s probe into ` 3,600 crore AgustaWestland helicopter.

The judicial request, which is now being processed by the ministry of external affairs on behalf of the investigative agency, will be sent to Mauritius in a day or two, sources said. “The CBI is also preparing to send judicial requests or Letters Rogatory ( LRs) to the UK, Italy and Tunisia to get details about certain overseas companies and individuals based there in connection with the AgustaWestland helicopter deal”, sources said. “The ministry of home affairs has already approved the draft — judicial requests to the UK, Italy and Tunisia. LRs to these countries will be send by August 15”, sources said. The LR is a judicial request issued by a competent court to a foreign court and processed by the ministry of external affairs on behalf of the investigative agencies to obtain information about individuals and entities.

As far as LR to Mauritius is concerned, the CBI has sought details about IDS Mauritius, the company which has been named as accused by the CBI in its FIR, sources said. The CBI on March 13 had booked former Air Force chief S. P. Tyagi and 12 others under charges of bribery, cheating and corruption in the ` 3,600 crore AgustaWestland helicopter deal. The former Air Chief, his cousins — Sanjeev alias Julie, Rajeev alias Docsa and Sandeep, European middlemen Carlo Gerosa, Christian Michel and Guido Haschke are among 13 individuals named in the FIR as accused. Besides, the CBI also booked brother of former Union Minister Santosh Bagrodia, Satish Bagrodia.