AgustaWestland deal scam: CBI bars ex-Air Chief S P Tyagi, others from leaving country

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PTI: New Delhi, Mar 18 2013, 21:52 IST

Tags: AgustaWestland Scam | S P Tyagi | VVIP Helicopter Deal | Crime News

CBI today said former Air Chief S P Tyagi and other accused in the case relating to alleged kickbacks in the Rs 3,600 crore AgustaWestland VVIP helicopter deal scam will have to take permission of the agency before leaving the country.

"As per practice, they are required to inform the investigating agency," CBI spokesperson said in response to a question whether the accused in the scam are free to travel abroad.

The spokesperson also said reports about issuing of look-out notices against the former Air Chief and other accused in helicopter deal scam were speculative.

"No such look out notices have been issued, as of now," the spokesperson said in a statement.

Last week, CBI registered a case against Air Chief Marshal (retd) S P Tyagi, along with 12 others, for alleged cheating, corruption and criminal conspiracy in the deal and searches were carried out at 14 locations including his residence.

The former Air Chief, his cousins - Sanjeev alias Julie, Rajeev alias Docsa and Sandeep, European middlemen Carlo Gerosa, Christian Michel and Guido Haschke were among 13 individuals named in the FIR as accused, CBI sources said.

The CBI alleged that during his tenure as Air Chief, the Air Force agreed "to reduce the service ceiling for VVIP helicopters from 6,000 metres to 4,500 metres as mandatory to which it was opposing vehemently on the grounds of security constraints and other related reasons," an agency source said.

It alleged that reduction of service ceiling-maximum height at which a helicopter can perform normally - allowed UK-based AgustaWestland

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DEATH OF JOURNALISM

Rasika | 19-Mar-2013Reply | Forward

This article has been up for over 12 hours with a wrong headline? Who edits the Indian Express site? I know the headline makes it more sensational but it is not correct? Is that important at all?

Character Assasination

LoneRanger | 19-Mar-2013Reply | Forward

So after a whole day of all media reporting that look out notices were issued for ACM Tyagi by the CBI - it now turns out that no such thing was done and that the CBI expects to be informed when foreign travel is undertaken. What happens to all the noise and character assasination that has taken place of the ACMs name since yesterday where it now appears he was being worngly treated as a common criminal? How can we as a nation continue to treat our heros like this? Why will anyone risk their lives and fight for an ungrateful nation that only thrives on blood-letting and shrill noise? Now that NDTV has clearly shown that the air force was almost pushed into making the change of height by the PMO, NSA, MoD and SPG - why do you continue to put blinkers on your eyes and further damage the reputation of a 68 year old war veteran? Have any of you flown missions over Pakistan risking life and limb for India? Shame on us all for the cheap behavior.

MISLEADING HEADLINE

Tarun | 19-Mar-2013Reply | Forward

When the article itself states that the CBI statement is "No such look out notices have been issued, as of now", and that "As per practice, they are simply required to inform the investigating agency," - then how can you have such a misleading headline? The CBI in its OWN STATEMENT, HAS NOT BARRED THEM FROM TRAVELLING. Are you being intentionally misleading? Why doesnt the Headline read "No Look-out notices issued"? For the sake of sensationalism dont forget journalistic ethics. I expect this cr*p from TOI, not from you.