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Thursday, August 15, 2013

Chopper scam: PMO, former NSA, 2 ex-IAF chiefs swung deal in Agusta’s favour, CAG says

AW101The comptroller and auditor general (CAG) has said the Prime Minister's Office (PMO), along with a former national security adviser and two ex-IAF chiefs, played a key role in tweaking specifications that resulted in AgustaWestland bagging the order of 12 VVIP choppers.

The report discusses in detail how the ministry of defence, at the behest of the PMO, modified some crucial parameters of the operational requirements of these helicopters in 2005 to favour the Anglo-Italian consortium, which became the sole vendor as a result.

The deal is under investigation, both in Italy and India, for alleged payment of 51 million euros (Rs 350 crore) in kickbacks.

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