ED attaches properties in AgustaWestland probe

Tightening its noose around AgustaWestland deal’s alleged middleman Rajiv Saxena, the enforcement directorate (ED) yesterday attached his properties to the tune of Rs3.85bn in connection with the VVIP chopper scam and Moser Baer bank fraud case. Saxena was deported to India from UAE on January 1, 2019, for his involvement in the case. The ED has initiated a probe involving Saxena on the basis of separate charges registered by the Central Bureau of Investigation in AgustaWestland chopper scam and Moser Baer bank fraud case. He said in the chopper scam case, the CBI registered a case under several sections of the IPC and Prevention of Corruption Act against then Air Chief Marshal S P Tyagi and others.