Ratul Puri, nephew of Mhya Presh Chief Minister Kamal Nath, has been sent to Enforcement Directorate (ED) remand by Delhi High Court for six days in alleged AgustaWestland money laundering case. Puri was arrested by ED on Wednesday for his involvement in 3,600 crore scam and court h remanded him for one-day judicial custody.

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Case Against Puri

47-year-old businessman who will be in judicial custody till September 17, has also been accused of a Rs 354-crore bank fraud, illegal transactions and tax evasion by Income Tax department. However, Puri has denied se allegations and any wrongdoing. money laundering pressed against businessman was filed following alleged irregularities in purchase of 12 luxury helicopters from Italy-based Finmeccanica's British subsidiary, AgustaWestland for VVIPs in 2007 under Congress-led government. Furr investigation revealed that Puri h received funds from Interstellar Techlogies Limited. According to ED, Puri's role was brought to light after Rajeev Saxena, ar accused in case was deported from UAE on January 31, and arrest of Sushen Mohan Gupta, an alleged defence nt also contributed to case. 

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AgustaWestland deal was however scrapped by National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government in 2014 over alleged breach of contractual obligations and charges of payments of kickbacks for securing deal. 

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Puri Tries Eving ED

Income Tax department has attached Rs 254 crore worth of "Benami" equity owned by Puri which he h allegedly received from a suspect in Agusta Westland VVIIP chopper scam case via shell companies. court h dismissed Puri's anticipatory bail granted on July 27, after he failed to be present for investigation. He did t join probe between July 29 and 31, and on August 6 and August 7. He was t accessible on his phone and was t available at his residence eir, and his whereabouts were t kwn as well, stated ED.

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