new Delhi. The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Wednesday, while tightening its grip on former managing director of Emaar MGF, Shravan Gupta, conducted searches at seven locations in Delhi and Gurugram in connection with the money laundering case involving the Rs 3600 crore AgustaWestland VVIP helicopter. A senior ED official confirmed that the financial probe agency was conducting searches at seven locations in Delhi and Gurugram in Haryana, at places associated with Gupta.
The ED summoned Gupta in 2016 and questioned him. He was questioned after his name surfaced during the investigation in the case.
According to ED officials, it was found that the alleged middleman Guido Heschke was an independent director of Gupta’s firm between September and December 2009.
The ED claimed in its charge sheet in 2015 that it had traced the alleged bribes sent from abroad to companies of the accused named in the case. Advocate Gautam Khaitan and former Air Force Chief S.P. Tyagi’s cousin is involved.
The ED further alleged that a part of the bribe allegedly paid to influential people and politicians was levied in the company belonging to Gupta.
In this regard, the ED arrested Christian Mitchell James, a British citizen and an alleged middleman, in December 2018.
The ED’s action relates to alleged irregularities in the purchase of 12 VVIP helicopters from the Italian subsidiary FinMakenica’s British subsidiary AgustaWestland.
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