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Sunday, February 24, 2013

No middlemen or payoffs: AgustaWestland

AW101 |AgustaWestland — the wholly-owned subsidiary of Italian defence and aerospace giant Finmeccanica which is at the centre of bribery charges in the Rs. 3,546-crore deal for the supply of 12 VVIP helicopters — has, in its reply to the Defence Ministry, denied allegations that it made payoffs to bag the deal from India in February 2010.

The firm on Friday sent its reply to the Ministry’s show cause asking it why the deal should not be cancelled as it allegedly violated the provision of the “integrity pact” that prohibits the use of influence or middlemen while negotiating and finalising the deal with India.

In the absence of authenticated documents from the Italian court, the Ministry is banking upon the reports of its joint secretary Arun Kumar Bal, who has returned from Italy, and the Central Bureau of Investigation team that had gone to Rome and Milan to gather evidence and understand the working of the judicial system in Italy.

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