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Over a dozen persons have been duped by a fake websites that offered chopper ride for '<keyword id="943106" type="General" weightage="80" keywordseo="char-dham-yatra" source="Orion">Char Dham yatra</keyword>' in <keyword id="44522" type="General" weightage="80" keywordseo="uttarakhand" source="Orion">Uttarakhand</keyword>. Five such cases have been reported at the <keyword id="6355192" type="General" weightage="50" keywordseo="lucknow" source="Orion">Lucknow</keyword> <keyword id="388221" type="General" weightage="80" keywordseo="cyber-cell" source="Orion">cyber cell</keyword> and ten at UP Cyber cell in the last one month. Superintendent of police, UP Cyber Cell, <keyword id="1106653" type="General" weightage="50" keywordseo="triveni-singh" source="Orion">Triveni Singh</keyword>, said that the complaints which are coming for offering the ride are from various websites. Singh also said that this kind of scam has come up not just in UP but also states like Punjab, Haryana, and <keyword id="66" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="delhi" source="Orion">Delhi</keyword>. Preliminary probe has found that a gang operating on the border of Bihar and Jharkhand is conducting such frauds. "We are even receiving complaints from other states," he added. According to one such victim, she paid a sum of Rs 50,000 for a trip to the shrines but she and her family members were not allowed to board the helicopter in Dehradun. The reason, she was told, was that the tickets that she had 'booked' were fake. As per the complaint, the victim got a call from a man claiming himself to be an agent of <keyword id="296712" type="General" weightage="50" keywordseo="pawan-hans-ltd" source="Orion">Pawan Hans Ltd</keyword>, based in Dehradun. On making the payment, the helicopter tickets were sent on WhatsApp after the fraudster took their Aadhar card, passport and Covid-19 vaccination details. It was only at the time of boarding that it was found that all such tickets were fake. Police officials have advised people not to opt for private companies and to ensure that a government authorised heli-service website for the <keyword id="804754" type="General" weightage="100" keywordseo="char-dham" source="Orion">Char Dham</keyword> Yatra is being used and confirm the same from the tourism department. Singh also urged the people to refrain from transferring money or providing bank details to any unknown person. SEE ALSO: <a target="_blank" class="c-link c-message_attachment__title_link" href="http://www.businessinsider.in/tech/mobile/news/moto-g82-5g-expected-to-launch-in-india-on-june-9-expected-price-specs-and-everything-you-need-to-know/articleshow/91919825.cms">Moto G82 5G expected to launch in India on June 9 – expected price, specs and everything you need to know</a> <a target="_blank" class="c-link c-message_attachment__title_link" href="http://www.businessinsider.in/cryptocurrency/news/an-indian-home-can-live-for-a-year-with-the-energy-it-needs-to-mine-a-single-bitcoin/articleshow/91916128.cms">An Indian home can live for a year with the energy it needs to mine a single Bitcoin</a>

Fake websites offering chopper ride for 'Char Dham yatra' in Uttarakhand reported to scam over a dozen people

Amidst India’s ruling and opposition parties’ constant blame games on the topic of the <keyword id="1558702" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="VVIP-chopper-scam">VVIP chopper scam</keyword>, some interesting details have surfaced, regarding a scam of Rs 330 crore by <keyword id="1559132" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="Christian-Michel">Christian Michel</keyword>, a British businessman. 
 Even though Michel was paid 44 million euros at that time by <keyword id="252971" type="COMPANY" weightage="100" keywordseo="AgustaWestland">AgustaWestland</keyword>, a large portion of this money is "completely disproportionate" to the work he did for the company, at least this is how Italy’s Milan Court of Appeals has described Mithcel, who is sought by Indian investigators for his involvement in the case, so much so that it was on India's request that Interpol had issued a red corner notice against Michel in December 2015. 
 Italian prosecutors have put ahead an argument that Michel, along with <keyword id="3339722" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="Guido-Hashke">Guido Hashke</keyword>, a Swiss-Italian national, influenced Indian officials to pick Agusta's choppers. They have also alleged him to be a key player in the VVIP chopper deal. 
 
As per the Milan court, Michel was paid over 44 million euros by AgustaWestland for various contracts, including a deal to supply spare parts for Indian naval helicopters and a post-contract service deal for the VVIP chopper contract. 
 
In the judgement, the court said that the description of his work for the contracts was "completely disproportionate to the large amount of fees paid to him". 
 
<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-efy6oDPQuR8/USB6-Qh1ilI/AAAAAAAAAwc/22mJsrFapaM/s1600/Agusta+Westland+Chopper+SCAM03.jpg">Image source</a>

The Italian court wants to know why Christian Michel was paid 44 million Euros in the VVIP chopper scam

An Italian court has found out that the UPA government concealed some critical issues in the <keyword id="1560103" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="VVIP-chopper-scandal">VVIP chopper scandal</keyword>, hiding several documents with investigators. The court has also found out that the main accused, the then Italian Prime Minister <keyword id="826514" type="PERSON" weightage="100" keywordseo="Mario-Monti">Mario Monti</keyword>, had tried to reach out to his Indian counterpart <keyword id="6359397" type="PERSON" weightage="100" keywordseo="Manmohan-Singh">Manmohan Singh</keyword>. 
 In the 225-page order, which was accessed by ET, the <keyword id="3336940" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="Court-of-Appeals-of-Milan">Court of Appeals of Milan</keyword> has given in depth details of its grounds for conviction. About the UPA government hiding important details, it observed: "This showing (of) a substantial disregard to arrive at a full explanation of facts (was) effectively demonstrated by the procedural behaviour of the Indian Ministry of Defence." 
 
The Italian court, which is equivalent to the High Courts of India, further speculated if all this was connected to a handwritten note that was recovered in March 2013 from former Finmeccanica head Giuseppe Orsi's prison cell. 
 
The note said, "Call Monti or amb. Teracciano in my name to ask him to call the PM Singh." Monti was the then Italian PM and Teracciano was his diplomatic advisor. 
 
The court then said that while it's not in a "position to determine what was the message that Orsi, during his detention, intended to send to the head of Government of India but the same can be guessed if we think about the outcome of requests for judicial assistance sent to Indian authorities." 
 
A footnote said that in April 2013, Italy had requested full documents related to the case from Indian government, but only three documents were provided and that too by as late as March 2014. The judgement, which also questioned the involvement of British middleman Christian Michel, makes extensive referrals to CAG’s report about the matter. 
 
In its ruling in the case, the Italian court had stated that the 2010 deal to purchase 12 VVIP helicopters by India from AgustaWestland involved corruption at international levels, which is why it had ordered a four-and-a-half-years jail term to the former head of the company, Giuseppe Orsi. 
 
It was in 2013 that the UPA government had cancelled the deal, saying that the integrity pact was violated. After that, most of the money paid to the Italian company has been recovered, while three VVIP choppers that were delivered to India are lying dormant. 
 
<a href="http://files.foreignaffairs.com/legacy/images/Singh2.jpg">Image source</a>

UPA government hid vital facts about VVIP helicopter scam, an Italian court reveals

<ul class="summary-list"><li><keyword id="8397571" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="ruja-ignatova">Ruja Ignatova</keyword> is the co-founder of the now-defunct <keyword id="4458798" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="onecoin">OneCoin</keyword>, and is known as the "<keyword id="11280661" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="cryptoqueen">CryptoQueen</keyword>."</li><li>Ignatova allegedly operated a <keyword id="6365281" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="ponzi-scheme">Ponzi scheme</keyword> that took $4 billion from investors.</li><li>She's now on the run from the FBI and is reported to have $500 million and 230,000 <keyword id="6354947" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="bitcoin">bitcoin</keyword>.</li></ul>On June 11, 2016, Ruja Ignatova walked onto the stage at The SSE Arena in London to hundreds of cheering fans as pyrotechnics went off and "Girl is on Fire" by Alicia Keys played in the background. The self-proclaimed "CryptoQueen" had arrived, and everyone who followed her wise words was soon to find enormous <a href="https://wazirx.com/signup?invite=2kpah6gr&amp;utm_source=business-insider&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_campaign=microsite" id="docs-internal-guid-905df7f5-7fff-c603-4959-ad29b6fe2ba2">wealth</a> - or so they thought. It turns out the CryptoQueen was already a convicted fraudster, and she was allegedly at it again. But this time Ignatova was going to take billions. <h3>The CryptoQueen's background</h3>Ruja Ignatova was born in Sofia, Bulgaria, but moved to Germany with her family when she was just ten years old. She went on to earn a Ph.D. in European private law from the University of Konstanz in 2005. Now, though, Ignatova isn't known as a renowned legal scholar; she's known as the founder of one of the biggest alleged scams in cryptocurrency history: OneCoin. OneCoin wasn't Ignaotova's questionable dealing. By this time, the CryptoQueen had already been convicted of <keyword id="38935" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="Fraud">fraud</keyword> and was known to be involved with multi-level marketing schemes. In 2012, Ruja Ignatova was <a href="https://www.kreisbote.de/lokales/kempten/etwas-dubioses-erlebt-2580862.html">convicted of fraud</a> in Germany in connection with a company that was declared bankrupt in dubious circumstances shortly after she acquired the firm. She was given a 14-month suspended sentence for the crime. Ignatova had also been previously <a href="https://behindmlm.com/companies/onecoin/bigcoin-bna-the-original-onecoin-ponzi-points/">involved</a> in a failed multi-level marketing scheme called BigCoin, but OneCoin was set to be the CryptoQueen's pride and joy. Read more: <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/crypto-trading-investing-tips-crypto-tokens-hodling-trader-scott-melker-2021-5" target="_blank">'Wolf of All Streets' crypto trader Scott Melker breaks down his strategy for making money using 'HODLing' and 100X trade opportunities - and shares 5 under-the-radar tokens he thinks could explode</a> <h3>The Alleged Ponzi scheme</h3>Ruja Ignatova started OneCoin in 2014 with Sebastian Greenwood, who has spent the last few years in jail on several charges related to defrauding investors and was last reported to be in <a href="https://cointelegraph.com/news/onecoin-marketing-guru-in-plea-talks">plea deal talks</a> with Manhattan prosecutors. The <a href="https://wazirx.com/signup?invite=2kpah6gr&amp;utm_source=business-insider&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_campaign=microsite" id="docs-internal-guid-2d19f02d-7fff-fc53-646f-e080e4636828">cryptocurrency</a> was supposed to be a "bitcoin killer," but in reality, investigators have said the project never used any type of blockchain technology. According to the Justice Department, OneCoin accounts took in some $4 billion from the fourth quarter of 2014 to the third quarter of 2016, sucking in wealthy investors from around the world using multi-level marketing scheme ploys to prop up their faux crypto. Investors were encouraged to recruit friends and family into the OneCoin community through small commissions on any funds they could secure to invest. Ignatova held conferences around the world, marketing her new "bitcoin killer" at <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=638_Jpp2Rq8">lavish events</a> in places like London and Dubai. From the start, regulators sensed something was off. Bulgaria's Financial Supervision Commission (FSC) warned of risks involved with <keyword id="2420795" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="cryptocurrencies">cryptocurrencies</keyword> like OneCoin in 2015 when the cryptocurrency was just getting started. From there, in 2016, authorities in Croatia, Sweden, Norway, Latvia, Hungary, Italy, and several other nations all began to warn investors or crackdown on OneCoin in their countries. It wasn't until 2017, when India charged Ignatova with duping investors and began arresting OneCoin employees, that it truly began to unravel, however. The CryptoQueen stepped down as CEO of OneCoin in March of 2017 and proceeded to go on the run. She's currently wanted by the FBI. In 2018, Bulgarian prosecutors along with Europol officers raided OneCoin offices in Sofia, and the end of the OneCoin saga became official. In early 2019, Ignatova <a href="https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdny/press-release/file/1141981/download">was charged</a> in absentia by US authorities for wire fraud, securities fraud, and money laundering. Mark Scott, a lawyer who worked for OneCoin, was convicted in federal court of laundering $400 million in 2019, while Ruja's brother, Konstantin Ignatova, who took over the company after the CryptoQueen disappeared, was <a href="https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdny/pr/manhattan-us-attorney-announces-charges-against-leaders-onecoin-multibillion-dollar">arrested in 2019</a> and later plead guilty to several charges, including money laundering and fraud. Konstantin is reportedly assisting US authorities as a part of a plea deal. <h3>On the run with $500 million and 230,000 bitcoin</h3>Following the creation of OneCoin, Ruja and fellow executives purchased millions of dollars worth of real estate across the world and lived like royalty. When the party came crashing down, most execs, except the CryptoQueen, lost it all. In 2019, Konstantin Ignatova testified that his sister made off with $500 million after the OneCoin blowup. Now though, a lawsuit filed by the Cryptocurrency Resolution Trust against "onecoinico.io" on April 27th, 2021, indicates the CryptoQueen might also have a stash of some 230,000 bitcoin worth roughly $10 billion at current prices. <a href="http://jlevy.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/OneCoinICOIO.pdf">Documents</a> filed in the British Indian Ocean Territory Supreme Court indicate the CryptoQueen obtained 230,000 bitcoin from Sheik Saoud, the son of one of the wealthiest individuals in Dubai. Sheikh Saoud reportedly purchased OneCoin's assets in exchange for 230,000 bitcoin on October 1, 2015, when the coins were worth $50 million. Pictures obtained by <a href="https://behindmlm.com/companies/onecoin/ruja-ignatova-disappeared-with-230000-btc-lawsuit-alleges/">Behind MLM</a> show the CryptoQueen's relationship with Sheik Saoud may have made it easier for her to evade the FBI and travel abroad. Saoud is the Secretary-General of the Intergovernmental Collaborative Action Fund for Excellence (ICAFE), a New York non profit corporation which issued "diplomatic credentials" to Ignatova. <h3>Recent updates</h3>Victims of the CryptoQueen have made their way to federal courts in New York and pushed for a certificate of default against Ruja Ignatova and financier Gilbert Armenta, and on May 17, the Court granted their request. "Regulators seems oblivious to the fact the cryptocurrency's main purpose is to facilitate and reward criminals like Ruja Ignatova. It is no coincidence that Ignatova is the main beneficiary of the Bitcoin bubble", said Dr. Jonathan Levy, an attorney for the Cryptocurrency Resolution Trust, per <a href="https://financefeeds.com/lawsuit-reveals-onecoin-scammer-cryptoqueen-holds-230000-btc-worth-13-billion/">Finance Feeds.</a> "The winners are clearly the bad guys: organized crime, money launderers, and market manipulators while the small-timers are continually defrauded, hacked, and abused," he added. The CryptoQueen remains on the run from authorities and hasn't been seen publicly since October of 2017. <a href="https://forum.businessinsider.in/">For a more in-depth discussion, come on over to Business Insider Cryptosphere</a> — a forum where users can deep dive into all things crypto, engage in interesting discussions and stay ahead of the curve. 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The CBI arrested former Air Force Chief SP Tyagi over alleged irregularities in the AgustaWestland VVIP chopper deal worth 3,700 crores. 
 
He was arrested along with his cousin Sanjeev Tyagi and lawyer Gautam Khaitan after hours of questioning. 
 
Tyagi, who retired in 2007, was questioned by the CBI extensively in the past in this case. 
 
All the 3 have been arrested on the allegations of accepting illegal gratification for exercising influence through corrupt and or illegal means, the CBI said. 
 
The former air chief has been accused of abusing his official position by corrupt means. 
 
This is the first high-profile arrest made by acting CBI chief Rakesh Asthana, who is in the headlines because of a row between the government and the opposition over his appointment a week ago. 
 
Asthana was given charge of the chopper deal investigation earlier this year. 
 
On January 1, 2014, India had scrapped the contract with Finmeccanica's British subsidiary AgustaWestland for supplying 12 AW-101 VVIP choppers to the IAF over alleged breach of contractual obligations and charges of paying kickbacks of Rs 423 crore by it for securing the deal. 
 
The CBI in the initial investigations into the AgustaWestland scam had found that former IAF chief SP Tyagi was indeed bribed by middlemen+ around the same time - 2004-2005 - that his cousins were given money, highly placed sources said. 
 
The CBI was looking into former IAF chief's investments in property and banks, especially after 2004-05, to ascertain the money trail in the VVIP helicopter scam. 
 
It had got Letters Rogatory (judicial requests) issued to multiple countries to gather more leads and evidences in this case. 
 
Sources said the agency had identified the alleged 'briber giver' (AgustaWestland), bribe takers (cousins of S P Tyagi), middlemen (Guido Haschke and Carlo Gerosa), bribe amount and to some extent the bribe route. It is now looking to establish where the money went after reaching Tyagi's cousins (Julie, Docsa and Sandeep). 
 
The Enforcement Directorate had in April this year summoned Tyagi in connection with its money-laundering probe in the Rs 3,600 crore .

CBI arrests ex-Air Force Chief SP Tyagi in VVIP Chopper Scam

<ul><li>The <keyword id="6354977" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="20" keywordseo="Supreme-Court">Supreme Court</keyword> stayed an order by the <keyword id="6355014" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="delhi-high-court">Delhi High Court</keyword> that prevented the Income Tax (IT) Department from trying <keyword id="1561203" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="Gautam-Khaitan">Gautam Khaitan</keyword> - the main accused in the Agusta Westland chopper scam - under the Black Money Act of 2016. </li><li>The central government had asked the Delhi HC to allow the 2016 law to be applied to Khaitan’s case, which was filed in July 2015. </li><li>The 2016 law is much more stringent when it comes to dealing with previously undisclosed income and assets held abroad. </li><li>The punishment for conviction under this law for wilful evasion is enhanced, and tax authorities have more power when it comes to inspection and issue of summons. </li></ul>The Supreme Court today stayed an order by the Delhi High Court that prevented the Income Tax (IT) Department from trying Gautam Khaitan - the main accused in the Agusta Westland chopper scam - under the Black Money Act of 2016. The Delhi HC’s order, which was handed out on May 16, prohibited the IT Dept. from taking action against Khaitan - retroactively - under the law. Khaitan filed a petition against the government for trying to invoke the law, which came into effect in April 2016. The central government had asked the Delhi HC to allow the 2016 law to be applied to Khaitan’s case, which was filed in July 2015. The 2016 law is much <a href="https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/10-things-to-know-about-blackmoney-bill/article7194290.ece">more stringent</a> when it comes to dealing with previously undisclosed income and assets held abroad. The punishment for conviction under this law for wilful evasion is enhanced, and tax authorities have more power when it comes to inspection and issue of summons. As things stand, the Supreme Court’s decision requires Khaitan, a lawyer by profession, to submit a formal response to the central government’s allegations against him, within six weeks. Khaitan had been investigated by a slew of regulators, including the <keyword id="6357808" type="DEFINITION" weightage="20" keywordseo="enforcement-directorate">Enforcement Directorate</keyword> (ED) and the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) for his role in the ₹36 billion scam. The Agusta Westland scam came to light in 2013, and pertains to the UPA government’s purchase of 12 helicopters to transport top officials. The deal was cancelled in 2014 following allegations that Bruno Spagnolini, CEO of <keyword id="252971" type="COMPANY" weightage="20" keywordseo="AgustaWestland">AgustaWestland</keyword>, along with other executives had bribed officials from the <keyword id="15141" type="COMPANY" weightage="20" keywordseo="Indian-Air-Force">Indian Air Force</keyword> to make the deal go through. SEE ALSO: <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/miscellaneous/10-landmark-judgements-indias-supreme-court-passed-in-2018/slidelist/67254190.cms">10 landmark judgements India’s Supreme Court passed in 2018</a>

Agusta Westland case: India’s apex court allows taxman to try accused under new black money law

<keyword id="19915592" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="Iran" source="keywords" meta.keywordsubtype="org" meta.entityname="Iran" meta.hostid="261" meta.entityid="Iran">Iran</keyword> President <keyword id="20059706" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="Ebrahim-Raisi" source="keywords">Ebrahim Raisi</keyword> is feared dead after state TV on Monday morning reported that was "no sign of life" at the site of the crash of the helicopter. Reuters reported that the helicopter was "completely burned" in the crash, citing an Iranian official. The Iranian Red Crescent Society announced early today that they had found the location of the wreckage of President Ebrahim Raisi's helicopter after it was detected by a Turkish Akinci unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV). As the Iranian rescue teams located <keyword id="21722662" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="Iranian-President" source="keywords">Iranian President</keyword> Ebrahim Raisi's helicopter, no clue of any living persons has been reported in the crash, according to Iran-based Press TV. He did not give further detail but said "the condition is not good", state news agency IRNA reported. "73 rescue teams are present in the search area of the helicopter in Tawal village with advanced and specialized equipment", he added. <keyword id="20512469" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="President-Raisi" source="keywords">President Raisi</keyword> was returning to Iran following a visit to Azerbaijan when his helicopter came down in bad weather conditions on Sunday afternoon. Nine people were on the helicopter that crashed in northwest Iran on Sunday, including three officials, an imam, and flight and security team members, as reported by Tasnim news. The IRGC-run media outlet, Sepah, reported the nine included: Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian; Governor of Eastern Azerbaijan province Malek Rahmati, Tabriz's Friday prayer Imam Mohammad Ali Alehashem as well as a pilot, copilot, crew chief, head of security and another bodyguard. After the reported crash of President Raisi's helicopter, several countries have come forward to help in the ongoing search operations. Prime Minister Narendra Modi also expressed concern over Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi's helicopter incident and said that India stands in solidarity with people of Iran in this hour of distress. PM Modi said that he is praying for well-being of Raisi and the leaders accompanying him onboard the chopper. SEE ALSO:<a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/tech/mobile/webstories/motorola-edge-50-fusion-vs-oneplus-nord-ce-4-price-specs-and-features-compared/slidelist/110197390.cms" target="_blank"></a> <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/tech/mobile/webstories/motorola-edge-50-fusion-vs-oneplus-nord-ce-4-price-specs-and-features-compared/slidelist/110197390.cms" target="_blank">Motorola Edge 50 Fusion vs OnePlus Nord CE 4 – price, specs and features compared</a><a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/india/news/woman-loses-54-lakh-in-work-from-home-scam-heres-what-it-is-and-how-to-protect-yourself/articleshow/110166963.cms" target="_blank"></a> <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/india/news/woman-loses-54-lakh-in-work-from-home-scam-heres-what-it-is-and-how-to-protect-yourself/articleshow/110166963.cms" target="_blank">Woman loses ₹54 lakh in work-from-home scam! Here's what it is and how to protect yourself</a><a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/tech/mobile/webstories/iqoo-z9x-5g-with-120hz-display-6000mah-launched-starting-at-12999/slidelist/110176453.cms" target="_blank"></a> <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/tech/mobile/webstories/iqoo-z9x-5g-with-120hz-display-6000mah-launched-starting-at-12999/slidelist/110176453.cms" target="_blank">iQOO Z9x 5G with 120Hz display, 6000mAh launched starting at ₹12,999</a>

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New Delhi, Apr 7 () The Delhi High Court has dismissed the plea of Christian Michel James, an alleged middleman arrested in connection with the AgustaWestland VVIP chopper scam cases, seeking interim bail on the grounds of risk of contracting coronavirus in Tihar jail.Justice Mukta Gupta, who conducted the hearing through video conferencing, said the apprehension of Michel that because of his vulnerable age and overcrowding in jail, he is likely to contact COVID-19 which may be detrimental to his health, is unfounded. "As regards the apprehension of the petitioner (Michel) being infected by COVID-19 pandemic, it may be noted that the petitioner is lodged in a separate cell with only two other prisoners and thus, is not in a barrack or dormitory where there are a number of prisons. It is not the case of the petitioner that any of the two inmates residing with him are suffering from COVID-19."Hence, the apprehension of the petitioner also because of the vulnerable age and overcrowding in jail that he is likely to contact COVID-19 which may be detrimental to his health, is unfounded," the judge said, in the order passed on Monday and uploaded on the court's website on Tuesday. The ED and CBI, represented through advocates Amit Mahajan and D P Singh respectively, opposed the interim bail plea of Michel, saying he was lodged at the safest place in the country being the Tihar Jail and there is no threat of him coming in contact with any COVID-19 patient.The counsel also said that in Tihar Jail, each and every prisoner has been screened to check whether he is COVID-19 positive or not and no prisoner till date has been found to be suffering from the virus.The 59-year-old Michel claimed that his health condition was critical and incompatible with the current prison status, especially to cope up with the risk of contracting the COVID-19 infection which could have a lethal effect on him as he is already suffering from serious pathologies.Michel, extradited from Dubai, was arrested by the ED on December 22, 2018.On January 5 last year, he was sent to judicial custody in the ED case. He is also lodged in judicial custody in another case registered by the CBI in connection with the scam.Michel is among the three alleged middlemen being probed in the case by the ED and the CBI. The other two are Guido Haschke and Carlo Gerosa.The court, in its order, also noted that despite being a British national, Michel has not been residing in the United Kingdom for the last 6-7 years and had to be extradited from Dubai after an inquiry. After coming to know about the arrest of others in Italy, he fled to Dubai, the court noted, adding that Michel is thus a "flight risk and also has no roots in the society".It said the charge sheet has been filed by CBI and complaint by the Enforcement Directorate, and further investigations are pending in both the cases and at this stage, his release even on interim bail is not warranted."Hence, this court is not inclined to grant interim bail to the petitioner. Applications are accordingly dismissed," the judge said.Last week, the apex court had asked Michel to first approach the high court with his plea."The age and a pre-existing ill state of health will make the applicant's (Michel) body more susceptible to the said infection than any other ordinary prisoner with a normal health condition. Further, the presence within prisons of subjects who are tested positive for Covid19 pose a threat to the applicant considering his existing health condition and age," the plea, through Vishnu Shankar and Aljo K Joseph, said.In his plea, he also referred to the Supreme Court's March 16 order directing all the states and union territories to constitute high-level committees to consider releasing on parole or interim bail prisoners and undertrials, for offences entailing upto 7-year jail term, to decongest jails in the wake of coronavirus pandemic.The high court said that pursuant to the apex court's March 23 order, a high powered committee of the high court laid down certain criterias for releasing the prisoners.It said Michel failed to qualify on three criterias laid down by the high powered committee, that is, being a foreign national, involved in more than one case not being on bail in others and the cases being under Prevention of Corruption Act and Prevention of Money Laundering Act. It said that Michel's health condition be monitored and treated and he required an environment like home where the risk of contagion is lesser and social distancing can be effectively practiced. The regular bail plea of Michel, who was arrested in 2018 and is in judicial custody since January 5, 2019, is also pending before the high court where the CBI and ED have contended that he should not be granted the relief as he has a nexus with influential people and can influence witnesses.He has been denied bail in both the matters by the trial court. He has approached the high court against the lower court's decision.The special CBI court had denied him the relief, saying there was no sufficient ground to grant bail. SKV HMP DVDV

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