{"id":36016,"date":"2014-11-28T17:19:58","date_gmt":"2014-11-28T11:49:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/?p=36016"},"modified":"2014-11-28T17:19:58","modified_gmt":"2014-11-28T11:49:58","slug":"chopper-deal-court-consider-charge-sheet-dec-15","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/chopper-deal-court-consider-charge-sheet-dec-15","title":{"rendered":"Chopper deal: Court to consider charge-sheet Dec 15"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A <a class=\"storyTags\" href=\"https:\/\/www.business-standard.com\/search?type=news&amp;q=Court\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">court <\/span><\/a>here Friday fixed Dec 15 for considering the charge-sheet filed against businessman Gautam Khaitan and others, including two Italians, in a money-laundering case related to the AgustaWestland VIP chopper deal.<\/p>\n<p>Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Special Judge V.K. Gupta listed for Dec 15 the matter for considering the charge-sheet and said he needs more time to read the relevant file.<\/p>\n<p>Enforcement Directorate (ED) had filed the charge-sheet naming Khaitan, his wife Ritu, Chandigarh-based firm Aeromatrix and two Italian middlemen, Carlo Gerosa and Guido Haschke, as accused in the case.<\/p>\n<p>The agency has booked them for the offences under the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA).<\/p>\n<p>Khaitan is presently lodged in Tihar Jail in judicial custody. 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Tyagi, and foreign nationals Gerosa, Christian Michel and Haschke in its criminal complaint.<\/p>\n<p>Companies like AgustaWestland, its parent company Italy-based Finmeccanica, Chandigarh-based IDS Infotech and Aeromatrix as well as two companies based in Mauritius and Tunisia, and a few other firms and unidentified people were also named.<\/p>\n<p>The Central Bureau of Investigation lodged a separate case in March 2013 against Tyagi and others in connection with the kickback allegations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A court here Friday fixed Dec 15 for considering the charge-sheet filed against businessman Gautam Khaitan and others, including two Italians, in a money-laundering case related to the AgustaWestland VIP chopper deal. Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Special Judge V.K. 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