Agusta Westland scam: 'Christian Michel takes Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi's name during interrogation,' says ED to court

As the middlemen Christian Michel was brought to India after extraditing him from Dubai, the Enforcement Directorate has claimed that Michel took the name of Sonia Gandhi during the investigation.

Earlier, the Delhi’s Patiala House Court had sent Michel into 7 days custody and yesterday, it was told that Michel had written a letter in which it was detailing about the direct control over the deal through by passing Prime Minister’s Office and putting pressure on then PM Dr. Manmohan Singh.

News Agency ANI had tweeted saying, “ Enforcement Directorate tells Delhi's Patiala House court that Christian Michel has taken the name of Mrs Gandhi but in what reference can't be said right now.”

ED has told Delhi's Patiala House court that Christian Michel has identified how Hindustan Aeronautics Limited was removed from the deal and the deal was offered to Tata instead. ED is also seeking to ban Michel's lawyer's access to him alleging he is being tutored from outside.

RPN Singh of the Congress party has reacted upon the Christian Michel taking Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi's name, saying "Christian Michel has taken the name of "Mrs Gandhi": There is pressure on Michel to name a particular family, why is the chowkidaar trying to pressurize the govt agencies to name a family? BJP script writers are working over time."

Michel’s lawyer Aljo K Joseph has told the Patiala House court that "We don’t dispute that he (Christian Michel) had handed us the papers, but it’s the fault of the ED that they allowed it to happen."

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