Christian Michel Revelations

The ED has also sought dismissal of the petition filed by Michel, saying that the media obtaining the contents of the charge sheet has not affected anyone's rights.

First, it was Radiagate and now its the AgustaWestland journalists. The only difference? Now we have Social Media and the omerta doesn't apply

As the Enforcement Directorate penetrates deeper into the AgustaWestland case, more and more skeletons seem to be falling out of the closet

ED tracked down the money trail of kickbacks received by Christian Michel and it has led them to Moser Baer which is owned by Deepak Puri, who is close to senior Congress leader Kamal Nath.

The investigating agencies had contended before the Special Court that Michel, if granted bail, might flee the country and tamper with the evidence.

Deepak Talwar is a high-profile 'corporate lobbyists' who reportedly made 100 crores during the UPA era

As per a TOI report, Michel had transferred 'unused bribe' amount to accounts in the UK even as Indian authorities closed in on him.

KRBL, a Basmati Rice Exporting company is also being probed as Gautam Khaitan, a lawyer who is a co-accused in the case, was the joint director of the company from 2007 to 2013.

Christian Michel with another middleman Guido Haschke had worked on a plan to lobby for Eurofighter against Rafale in order to win the deal in its favour. 

Michel's communication also indicates that he had the means to track the movement of the file pertaining to the deal.