New Delhi: The Enforcement Directorate has arrested Agustawestland Chopper Scam – Accused of Rajiv Saxena in the money laundering case that was registered against Moser Baer where the main defendant Ratul Puri, nephewa former Minister of Madhya Pradesh Minister Kamal Nath.
Saxena was arrested for alleged ‘crime’ by bank fraud, allegedly involving Moser Baer and Puri.
“In the case of Bank Moser Baer’s fraud, the crime of Deepak Puri (father of Ratul Puri) of $ 16.33 million was installed in the hands of Rajiv Saxena,” according to one of ED attachment orders.
Saxena helps the puri washing funds produced from Indian banks, he added.
Ed Probe revealed that $ 16.33 million belonging to the castle was parked in the group account of the Group Matrix which was controlled by Saxena and his wife.
“Likewise, the funds belong to Ratul Puri and transferred to Rajiv Saxena from a foreign entity who had also stuck in the hands of Saxena,” Ed said.
Saxena was deported from Dubai and was arrested for the first time on January 31, 2019 in the case of AgustaWestland’s bribery and money laundering.
Later, he changed approvers in this case and searched for releases after providing an effort, he would reveal all information relating to bribery received from defense intermediaries in the AgustaWestland Helicopter agreement RS 3,600 Crore.
Ed had investigated and tracked part of the alleged bribery of RS 423 Crore received in an agreement by various intermediaries and continued to politicians here.
Probe Ed further revealed Saxena, a rental accountant based in Dubai, behind several defense prizes and several other bribery transactions.
He provides services from his shell company registered in different taxes to wash ‘crime’.
He was also associated with the case of IFFCO bribery involving RS 685 Crore Rewards.
ED last year approached the Delhi High Court who tried to revoke the recipient’s status because he was allegedly holding back the main information with agencies related to bribery and washing the results of crime.
Agency also objected to allowing him to leave the country by saying that he faced “life threat” when he held instructions for large rewards associated with more than half a dozen defense offers.
In additional chargesheets submitted in the AugustWestland case in 2019, Ed has accused Saxena cutting information related to Ratul Puri who was also accused of washing bribes received in the VVIP Chopper agreement Agustawestland.
In his round, Ed then claimed that Saxena was “warned” by the castle not to disclore “uncle” and his father to the investigative officer.
Saxena was a key witness in this case because he had retained all transactions related to the alleged return in the Agustawestland case on behalf of Puri, according to ED.