<p>The CBI has registered a case against a Brigadier working with the Army Aviation Corps (AAC) for allegedly fudging trial flight records of helicopters. <br /><br /></p>.<p>The CBI received a document from Italy that shows that the officer demanded five million Euro bribe in 2010 from AgustaWestland.<br /><br />The case under sections of Prevention of Corruption Act has been registered Brigadier V S Saini and unknown officers of the Army and the Defence Ministry after the agency received a fresh set of documents from Italian police, CBI officials said. <br /><br />Saini and others have been also charged with abuse of official position and forgery among others. The Brigadier could not be reached for comments.<br /><br />The CBI claimed that Saini was part of the team carrying out trials of helicopters. <br />The AAC was planning to purchase 197 light helicopters to replace its ageing Cheetah and Chetak fleet. <br /><br />These choppers were meant to undertake reconnaissance and casualty evacuation operations in forward locations and high-altitude areas like Siachen, Ladakh, North Kashmir and Northeast. However, the acquisition process was cancelled in December 2007.<br /><br /> During the investigations into the VVIP chopper deal involving AgustaWestland, the Italian investigators found mention of Saini in documents seized by them. In the VVIP chopper deal, former Air Chief S P Tyagi and 12 others were named and recently the government scrapped the deal with AgustaWestland.<br /><br />Saini is accused of fudging the records of the trial flight of the helicopter to favour the company for which he and other unknown officers have received hefty commission.<br /></p>
<p>The CBI has registered a case against a Brigadier working with the Army Aviation Corps (AAC) for allegedly fudging trial flight records of helicopters. <br /><br /></p>.<p>The CBI received a document from Italy that shows that the officer demanded five million Euro bribe in 2010 from AgustaWestland.<br /><br />The case under sections of Prevention of Corruption Act has been registered Brigadier V S Saini and unknown officers of the Army and the Defence Ministry after the agency received a fresh set of documents from Italian police, CBI officials said. <br /><br />Saini and others have been also charged with abuse of official position and forgery among others. The Brigadier could not be reached for comments.<br /><br />The CBI claimed that Saini was part of the team carrying out trials of helicopters. <br />The AAC was planning to purchase 197 light helicopters to replace its ageing Cheetah and Chetak fleet. <br /><br />These choppers were meant to undertake reconnaissance and casualty evacuation operations in forward locations and high-altitude areas like Siachen, Ladakh, North Kashmir and Northeast. However, the acquisition process was cancelled in December 2007.<br /><br /> During the investigations into the VVIP chopper deal involving AgustaWestland, the Italian investigators found mention of Saini in documents seized by them. In the VVIP chopper deal, former Air Chief S P Tyagi and 12 others were named and recently the government scrapped the deal with AgustaWestland.<br /><br />Saini is accused of fudging the records of the trial flight of the helicopter to favour the company for which he and other unknown officers have received hefty commission.<br /></p>