Delhi court grants bail to SP Tyagi in copter scam
The bail was granted after they appeared before the court in pursuance to summons issued against them.
New Delhi: A Delhi court on Wednesday granted bail to former Air Force chief S.P. Tyagi and others in a money-laundering case related to the AgustaWestland VVIP helicopter scam.
Special judge Arvind Kumar granted bail to Tyagi and his cousins involved in the case and asked them to furnish a bail bond of Rs 1 lakh with one surety of the like amount.
The bail was granted after they appeared before the court in pursuance to summons issued against them.
The court had, on July 24, summoned former AgustaWestland and Finmeccanica directors Giuseppe Orsi and Bruno Spagnolini, Tyagi and others as accused in the case.
While issuing fresh non-bailable warrants against Italian middlemen Carlo Gerosa and Guido Haschke and Dubai-based businessman Rajeev Saxena in the case, the court had asked the accused to appear before it on Wednesday.
Besides the six, the court also summoned as accused 28 Indian and foreign individuals and companies, including lawyer Gautam Khaitan, Agusta-Westland andits parent company Finmeccanica SPA.