Copter case: New charges on Dubai businessman soon

New Delhi: The Enforcement Directorate (ED), investing the multi-crore AgustaWestland helicopter deal case, will soon file a fresh chargesheet against Dubai-based businessman Rajiv Shamsher Bahadur Saxena. According to sources this prosecution compliant to be filed under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) will be the third supplementary one in this case.

Both central probe agencies — CBI and ED — are probing the flow of alleged bribes in the AgustaWestland helicopter deal case. The agency had in July last year arrested Saxena’s wife under the anti-money laundering law in this case.

The ED had then alleged that “Rajiv Saxena is the beneficial owner of Ms Interstellar Technologies Ltd, Mauritius and the couple is partners/Directors in Ms UHY Saxena, Dubai and Ms Matrix Holdings Limited, Dubai. Both these companies received proceeds of crime in their respective Dubai bank accounts from Ms Interstellar Technologies Ltd Mauritius,” the ED had alleged.