Agusta Westland Chopper SCAM: India in touch with UK over investigation

New Delhi: India has approached the UK authorities for the ongoing probe into the AgustaWestland chopper scam, the government revealed on Friday.

The two countries have been in touch over the scam, in which former IAF chief S P Tyagi was allegedly bribed by the chopper company, ever since India sent a note verbale to UK foreign office last November.

In its “interim” response, the UK ruled out conducting any probe of its own at this stage into the scam. “We have formally checked with the UK side and so far we only have an interim response, which is that they are going to wait for the outcome of the investigations in Italy,” said Jamini Bhagwati, the Indian high commissioner to the UK.

However, the government has said it was not satisfied with the response. “Nobody is satisfied with an interim response. We would prefer a much fuller response,” said MEA spokesperson Syed Akbaruddin.
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