Rs 77-cr money laundering case against Rolls-Royce

New Delhi, September 8

The ED has filed a criminal case to probe money laundering charges in an alleged corruption case involving London-based Rolls-Royce that is said to have made a payment of over Rs 77 crore as commission to an agent to win contracts from PSUs HAL, ONCG and GAIL during 2007-11, officials said today.

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) registered the case under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) after going through a CBI FIR registered in July this year, they said.

Rolls-Royce and its Indian subsidiary, Singapore-based Ashok Patni and his company Aashmore Private Limited, and Mumbai-based Turbotech Energy Services International Private Limited, besides unidentified officials of public sector units (PSUs) Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL), Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) and GAIL were booked by the CBI for criminal conspiracy and bribery.

Rollys-Royce, after registration of the CBI case, had said it would not tolerate misconduct of any sort and that it was committed to maintain high ethical standards. — PTI