British national Christian Michel James, claimed intermediary in the money laundering practices of Agustawestland. File. | Photocredit: PTI
New Delhi
A court in Delhi collected Tihar’s prison authorities on Wednesday for submitting a suspect, with several disciplinary complaints, in the same prison as Christian Michel James, one of the alleged intermediaries in the Agustawestland VVIP Chopper Scam.
Special judge Sanjeev Aggarwal of the Rouse Avenue court court sought a detailed status report from the prison authorities by 29 April.
The court responded to an application submitted by James, in which he asked to provide sufficient security measures in the barracks. He also claimed that his tea was poisoned and that he was confronted with life threats.
In a preliminary report, the prison authorities informed the court that James is in the same barracks with an undertrial prisoner, Shanawaz, who has 41 complaints against him for prison behavior.
In the meantime, the court has also instructed the prison inspector to provide James to a table fan, and noted that the request was not paid despite allowing in his earlier order.
Michel, a British subject, was extradited on December 4, 2018 from Dubai after spending four months in custody. He has since been brought to Tihar prison.
He is of the three alleged intermediaries who are being investigated in the AgustaWestland Chopper SCAM case. The other two are Guido Haschke and Carlo Gerosa.
The deal was signed on 8 February 2010 for the range of VVIP -Choppers worth 556,262 million euros. The CBI claimed an estimated loss of 398.21 million euros in its charging point (about £ 2,666 crore) to the Indian treasury because of the deal.
In a separate charges sheet in June 2016, the enforcement directorate claimed that James received 30 million euros (around £ 225 crore) from Agustawestland.
Published – April 17, 2025 2:03 AM is ON
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