Augusta Westland Scam: In the statement, the main accused mentioned Kamal Nath’s son, Salman Khurshid and Ahmed Patel, but Kamal Nath and Khurshid said – there is no connection

Rajiv Saxena, accused in the AgustaWestland VVIP chopper deal of Rs.3000 crores, has also mentioned many big names associated with Congress in his statement. It not only has Ratul Puri, nephew of former Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh, but also his son Bakul Nath. Along with this, Congress leaders Salman Khurshid and Ahmed Patel have
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Augusta Westland Scam: In the statement, the main accused mentioned Kamal Nath’s son, Salman Khurshid and Ahmed Patel, but Kamal Nath and Khurshid said – there is no connection

Rajiv Saxena, accused in the AgustaWestland VVIP chopper deal of Rs.3000 crores, has also mentioned many big names associated with Congress in his statement. It not only has Ratul Puri, nephew of former Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh, but also his son Bakul Nath. Along with this, Congress leaders Salman Khurshid and Ahmed Patel have also been mentioned. Rajiv Saxena is a chartered accountant and the main accused in the case.

Saxena is currently out on bail. He was extradited from Dubai to India in January 2019. His assets worth 385 crores were attached by the ED and subsequently questioned. Now the ED has taken the matter before the Supreme Court. The ED says that Saxena is not putting forward all the facts related to the case.

The Indian Express examined Saxena’s statements which were 1000 pages (including supporting documents). Along with this, it also gathered information about banking statements, records of offshore companies and emails made with key people. A number of alleged hawala transactions and offshore structures were found in it, which Saxena has also accepted.

The main points of Saxena’s statement are being briefed here about how the ‘problems’ occurred in the AgustaWestland deal – it was canceled in the UPA 2 government – how between Saxena’s Interset Technologies and Christian Mitchell’s Global Services This deal got stuck. Mitchell is also brought to India in December 2018 and is in jail.

Saxena told the ED, “All this was done for the benefit of the leaders and bureaucrats who influenced the decisions at that time. Some of these funds were brought into structured transactions either directly or indirectly and some of these structures were built by me. They were invested in India on their way. ”In a file charge sheet on September 17, the CBI stated that in 2000 Saxena had acquired 99.9 percent of the shares of Intersetler Technologies.

In the charge sheet, it is alleged that Saxena, together with Gautam Khaitan, received 124 million euros from AgustaWestland in the account of Interstellar Technologies, by mentioning the letter Rogatory of Italy and Mauritius.

It added, “This money was later used to pay brokers and suspected public servants.” It also details the 9,48,862 euros made by Saxena’s four companies on behalf of Global Services. The interrogation of Saxena was the focus of defense dealer Sushen Mohan Gupta, Kamal Nath’s son Ratul Puri, accused in the case. Both Gupta and Puri were detained and are now out on bail.

Saxena alleged that the people named by Gupta and Khaitan were ‘special’ in themselves. He immediately named the biggies of politics to show his access to power. He mentioned Salman Khurshid and Kamal Chacha many times for Kamal Nath from my list. “Saksena said,” I know that Intersetler Technologies was the main company that got the illegal money from AgustaWestland. Its owner was Sushen Mohan Gupta who ran it through Gautam Khaitan.

He often used to name India’s politicians when he met Sushen and Khetna. He used to refer to AP which belonged to Ahmed Patel. ”Saxena also referred to the Pristine River Investment Company, saying,“ We ​​used to take bridge funding from Pristine River Investment Company as well. It is managed by John Dosherty for Bakul Nath. So interstellar and global services were used to pay loans from Pristine River Investment. ‘

When Kamal Nath was contacted in this matter, he said, “I have clarified earlier that I have nothing to do with my nephew’s companies and transactions. As far as my son is concerned, he is an NRI of Dubai. When I heard about Pristine River and talked to my son, he said that he knows nothing about this company. There are no documents that confirm the connection with him. Anyone can open an offshore account and enter the name of any beneficiary owner. ‘

Khurshid said in the case, “I wonder if my name was also used in the investigation of AgustaWestland.” Susen Mohan’s Puta Dev Mohan is our friend and I am his well-wisher. As much as I know I do not think he has any connection with Ratul Puri or Rajiv Saxena.

‘Saxena also said, ‘The link to Global Services was to take illegal money from Augusta Westland. Ratul Puri has said that he did not know Michelle James but the hawala traders did the transaction. He contacted me and kept messaging and saying, “Do not give any information about my father or uncle.” When contacted, Puri said, “Neither my personal capacity nor my company is involved in the defense deal.

We run multiple businesses in many countries. Our company follows all laws and regulations. The matter is in court, so I cannot comment.