New Delhi, May 2 : The CBI on Monday questioned former IAF chief S.P. Tyagi over alleged corruption within the Rs.3,600-crore AgustaWestland VVIP chopper deal.

Tyagi drove at the Central Bureau of Investigation headquarters around ten a.m. and was questioned until eight p.m. The investigation agency had issued him summons on Friday.

CBI sources added Tyagi are questioned once more on Tues.

Tyagi has been named within the FIR in chopper deal beside thirteen others together with his brothers — Sanjeev, Rajeev and Sandeep — and European middlemen Guido Haschke and Carlo Gerosa.

Sources added Tyagi’s brothers can shortly be summoned for questioning beside Gautam Khaitan, another suspected within the case.

The allegation against the previous IAF chief is that he had reduced flying ceiling of the chopper from six,000 metres to 4,500 metres (15,000 feet) so AgustaWestland was enclosed within the bids.

Tyagi maintains the choice was reportedly taken in consultation with officers of the Special Protection cluster (SPG) and therefore the Prime Minister’s workplace. Twelve helicopters were to be bought by Bharat.

The CBI says the reduction of the combat ceiling, that is that the most height at that a chopper will perform commonly, allowed the Britain-based firm to urge into the fray. Otherwise its helicopters weren’t even qualified for submission of bids.

The chopper deal resurfaced when an Italian court last month remarked Congress president Sonia Gandhi and former prime minister Manmohan Singh among others in reference to the chopper deal however gave no details of any wrongdoing by the 2 leaders.

The CBI, that has received a duplicate of the Milan judicial writ, has currently ready a contemporary set of queries for Tyagi, who has denied the felony allegations.

The Milan court has additionally given details of however alleged bribes were paid by AgustaWestland‘s parent company Finmeccanica additionally as AgustaWestland to Indian officers through middlemen to clinch the deal.