In perhaps the first case of its kind, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) has attached properties of its own approver in a case. The agency on Friday issued orders to provisionally attach assets worth over Rs 385 crore belonging to Rajiv Saxena, who was accused in the AgustaWestland case.
Accused of laundering money for others, including former Madhya Pradesh CM Kamal Nath’s nephew Ratul Puri, Saxena was deported from Dubai in January 2019 amid expectations that he was going to help the ED expose the nexus behind the Rs 3,600 crore VVIP helicopter deal. Within three months, Saxena turned an approver . However, by October 2019, the ED had moved the court to withdraw approver status granted to Saxena, saying he was “withholding crucial information in the case”.
