NEW DELHI: Detectives raided the home of India’s former air force chief on Wednesday as part of an investigation into alleged bribes paid to secure a $748 million contract for 12 Italian helicopters.
Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) spokeswoman Dharini Mishra said former air chief marshal S.P. Tyagi’s home was among more than a dozen addresses targeted in the raids.“He is one of the 13 people we have filed an FIR (First Information Report) against,” Mishra told AFP.
The FIR filed on Wednesday represents the first stage of an official police enquiry.
The CBI had filed a “preliminary enquiry” report last month into the alleged scandal, linking four companies, four Westerners and seven Indians to the bribery allegations.
Mishra said investigators had raided a total of 14 locations in the northern cities of New Delhi, Chandigarh, and Gurgaon.India put payments to the Italian company Finmeccanica on hold last month and threatened punitive action against the firm if any wrongdoing was uncovered.
The Indian government also agreed to set up a joint parliamentary commission which would include opposition lawmakers to probe charges that bribes were paid to swing the deal in favour of Finmeccanica’s British unit AgustaWestland.
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