British arms agent and middlemen in the high profile AgustaWestland chopper deal scam Christian Michel has said that then Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s move seeking cabinet’s view on the deal threw those involved in pushing the deal to wolves. Michel was extradited from Dubai three years ago on December 4 as the key suspect in the alleged bribery scam linked to the Rs 3,600-crore AgustaWestland helicopter deal. Michel has been lodged in Tihar jail since then and is involved in a legal fight with investigating agencies to get bail while refusing to provide more documentary evidence.
Michel, in his interrogation report, has said that PM Singh had asked his cabinet ministers to put up any objection they may have to the deal in 2009 amid diplomatic pressure. Following this, Michel wrote to his bosses: “We know the Indian Prime Minister had thrown this business open for all the Ministers to look at…What happened for me was a nightmare…the statement (of the Prime Minister) threw us to the wolves.”
