The Supreme Court asked the Chhattisgarh government on Thursday for original documents related to the purchase of an AgustaWestland helicopter in 2007, which a petition has alleged was done in an unlawful manner. “We want to be sure there was no fraud in purchasing these helicopters,” the judges told the lawyer for the Chhattisgarh government. “Was it disregarded or overridden?” the judges said, on the bureaucrat’s opinion that a different helicopter should be bought. The court was hearing a public interest litigation that sought a special investigation into the purchase of the single helicopter, which was bought for VIP use in 2007-08. “It was fraudulent tender and the ruling BJP paid hefty commission for the purchase of one chopper in 2007.

Source: Hindustan Times November 16, 2017 08:51 UTC