AgustaWestland Case: No summons to 33 out of 80 accused yet
Nearly eight years after a probe was ordered into the alleged irregularities in the Rs 3,600 crore VVIP chopper deal and a dozen chargesheets later, filed both by the Central Bureau of Investigation and the Enforcement Directorate (ED), the trial in the infamous AgustaWestland scandal is yet to commence.
A criminal case was registered by the CBI on March 12, 2013, against several accused, including the then Air Chief Marshal SP Tyagi. The ED launched a probe on the money laundering charges on July 3, 2014. ET looks at the status of the investigations by the two agencies, the roadblocks in the trial and the developments to look out for.
