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Former IAF chief SP Tyagi remanded to judicial custody, moves bail plea

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A CBI court on Saturday sent former the Indian Air Force chief SP Tyagi, to judicial custody till December 30.
Tyagi who has been arrested in AgustaWestland chopper deal case has moved a bail application that a Patiala House Court listed for December 21.

Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Special Judge Arvind Kumar remanded Tyagi, his cousin Sanjiv Tyagi and Gautam Khaitan, a Delhi-based lawyer, to judicial custody.

Tyagi, the first chief of any wing of the armed forces to be arrested in the country. and the others were allegedly involved in irregularities in the procurement of 12 AW-101 VVIP helicopters from Britain-based AgustaWestland.

Earlier on Friday last week, the CBI had arrested former Air Chief SP Tyagi in connection with the ₹3,600 crore AgustaWestland chopper deal case.

A Delhi-based lawyer, Gautam Khaitan and SP Tyagi’s cousin Sanjeev Tyagi alias Julie Tyagi was also arrested along with him.

The CBI said that all the three people have been arrested for accepting illegal gratification for exercising influence through corrupt or illegal means.

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