VVIP chopper scam: CBI looks to start trial against former CAG & IAF officials

The Central Bureau of Investigation has told a special CBI Court that the non-receipt of government sanction to prosecute four former Indian Air Force officials cannot bar the court from taking cognisance of the charge sheet against them.

The agency earlier this month filed a supplementary charge sheet against the four along with former defence secretary Shashi Kant Sharma for alleged irregularities in a Rs 3,600-crore deal to buy AgustaWestland VVIP helicopters in 2010.