Christian Michel paid airfare of 2 IAF men, kin: CBI

In dramatic courtroom proceedings, attended by British national Christian Michel’s Italian lawyer Rosemary Patrizi, CBI on Friday claimed that the AgustaWestland middleman had paid Rs 92 lakh towards air tickets of two Indian Air Force (IAF) officials and their family members between 2009 and 2013.

Without disclosing the names of the IAF officials, CBI informed the court that it needed to “confront” the them, who were serving officials when the deal was being negotiated with Michel.

Audit points to dubious payments’

The CBI has stumbled on what it considers a crucial piece of evidence against alleged middleman Christian Michel: the internal audit of the UK national’s companies that points to “dubious” payments of 34 million euros.