New Delhi: A Delhi court is likely to consider the chargesheet filed by the Enforcement Directorate against businessman Gautam Khaitan and others including two Italian nationals on Monday, in a money-laundering case related to the Rs 3,600-crore VVIP chopper deal.
According to ED's prosecutor, the agency has named Khaitan, his wife Ritu, Chandigarh-based firm Aeromatrix and two Italian men, Carlo Gerosa and Guido Haschke, as accused and they have been chargesheeted for the offences under the provisions of Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA).
Khaitan was the first person to be arrested in September this year by ED in the chopper deal case in which CBI is also running a parallel probe.
ED had earlier alleged in the court that Khaitan was "actively involved" in the illegal transactions relating to proceeds of crime and he was one of the beneficiaries of the entire deal.
It had earlier submitted that Khaitan was on the board of Aeromatrix which was allegedly a front firm for the financial dealings.
ED had lodged a case in July this year against Khaitan, former IAF chief S P Tyagi and 19 others in the VVIP chopper deal case to probe the alleged kickbacks.
The agency had claimed that Khaitan had resigned as one of the directors in Aeromatrix after Italian Police started its probe in the chopper deal.
(With PTI Inputs)
