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SC clears BJP led Chattisgarh govt of fraud charges in Augusta Westland deal

Team SoOLEGAL 14 Feb 2018 1:08pm

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SC clears BJP led Chattisgarh govt of fraud charges in Augusta Westland deal

New Delhi: A Supreme Court Bench of Justices A.K. Goel and U.U. Lalit  on Tuesday cleared the Raman Singh-led BJP government in Chattisgarh of fraud charges in the purchase of an Agusta Westland chopper in 2007 for VVIP use.

The petition filed by NGO Swaraj Abhiyan alleging that the government made the purchase in a dubious manner by floating a sham tender and with one individual representing all the three competitive bidders was dismissed. The NGO had alleged that $1.324 million was paid in excess for the helicopter.

The BJP led Chattisgarh government had justified the purchase, saying the Agusta machines were of a “superior” quality and there were 24 of them flying in India.

The court had said it was not going into the government's choice of choppers but was limiting itself with fact whether there was fraud played with public money.



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