VVIP choppers case: ED attaches assets of Tyagi family

September 30, 2015 22:04

Initiating fresh action in the AgustaWestland money laundering probe case, the Enforcement Directorate has attached assets worth about Rs 7 crore alleged to be in the name of cousins of former IAF chief S P Tyagi.

Sources said the properties attached under the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act are located in and around the national capital region and the estimated book value of the assets is about Rs 7 crore.

About five immovable assets have been attached as part of the fresh orders and they are in the name of the family members of ex-IAF chief Tyagi, they said. The ED has been probing the VVIP helicopters purchase under PMLA and has questioned Tyagi's cousin Sanjeev in the past.

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