Defence deal bribe: India orders probe after arrest of Italy firm chief

India's defence ministry ordered CBI probe into VVIP chopper deal after arrest of head of Italian firm Finmeccanica on charges of bribery in connection with the sale of helicopters to the Indian government. Earlier a report on the online version of Corriere della Sera newspaper said




Finmeccanica chief executive and chairman Giuseppe Orsi had been arrested for bribes allegedly paid to secure the sale of 12 helicopters to India.

A spokesman for Finmeccanica was not immediately able to comment. The source said that three other people had been placed under house arrest as part of the probe, including the chief executive of Finmeccanica helicopter unit AgustaWestland, Bruno Spagnolini.

Orsi has always denied wrongdoing over a corruption probe looking at a 560 million euro ($749.2 million) Indian helicopter contract.

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