AgustaWestland ‘middleman’ Christian Michel on hunger strike, kin flag ‘delay’ in trial
A DAY after Christian Michel, the alleged middleman in the AgustaWestland VVIP helicopter deal, began his “indefinite” hunger strike in Tihar Jail, his family members on Friday said they were “very concerned about the trial never happening” and urged the British government to intervene.
Michel had sought the UK government’s intervention in a letter to British Prime Minister Boris Johnson last month, saying he would remain on a hunger strike till it took action.
Michel’s legal team has contended that he was extradited to India by the UAE in December 2018 in exchange for the return of Princess Latifa, the estranged daughter of the ruler of Dubai who was reportedly forcibly taken off a boat in international waters off the coast of India in March 2018.
