Chopper scam accused Rajiv Saxena held for fraud
Tribune News Service
New Delhi, September 13
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) today said it had arrested Rajiv Saxena, an accused in the Rs 3,600-crore VVIP choppers’ deal case, for his alleged involvement in a money-laundering case linked to bank fraud.
Officials in the ED said Saxena would be produced before a special court here to seek his custody.
Saxena, an alleged middleman in the choppers’ deal case, was based in Dubai and was deported by India from the UAE on January 31, 2019, and arrested by the agency in the case. The deal was scrapped by India in 2014 after allegations of payment of kickbacks surfaced.
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