By VIVEK RAGHUVANSHI
NEW DELHI — Indian Defence Ministry officials say they have made no decision to blacklist AgustaWestland despite investigations over possible corruption in a $720 million VVIP helicopter deal.
Indian Defence Minister A.K. Antony told the Indian Parliament in a written reply on March 6: “The operation of the Contract has been put on hold and further payments to M/s Agusta Westland, U.K. stopped. No decision to blacklist the Company has so far been taken.”
The MoD asked India’s anti-fraud agency, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), to probe the helicopter deal in which the Indian Air Force bought 12 helicopters from AgustaWestland.
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