UPA govt intentionally held back key info on VVIP helicopter scam, reveals Italy court

April 25, 2016 12:00

The UPA government showed "substantial disregard" in arriving at the full truth behind the VVIP chopper scandal and didn't share critical documents with investigators, an Italian court that found corruption in the Rs 3,565-crore deal observed. It also listed an effort by the main accused to get the then Italian prime minister Mario Monti to reach out to his Indian counterpart Manmohan Singh.

In its 225-page order, accessed by ET, the Court of Appeals, Milan, detailed at length its grounds for conviction. At one point, it observed (translated): "This showing (of) a substantial disregard to arrive at a full explanation of facts (was) effectively demonstrated by the procedural behaviour of the Indian Ministry of Defence."

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