ED questions Aeromatrix CEO in VVIP choppers deal case

September 24, 2014 20:22

Enforcement Directorate today questioned Aeromatrix CEO Praveen Bakshi in connection with the money laundering probe into the alleged kickbacks in the Rs 3,600-crore VVIP Agustawestland helicopter deal.

Agency sleuths, sources said, recorded Bakshi's statement under the criminal provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act after questioning him for over two hours, a day after it arrested ex-board member of Aeromatrix Gautam Khaitan in this case.

The sources said Bakshi's questioning was important as it suspects illegal bribe money was purportedly sent to Aeromatrix from abroad in the garb of engineering contracts under the VVIP choppers deal.

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