LONDON: UK overseas workplace officers have instructed TOI that the UK govt continues to boost AgustaWestland chopper rip-off accused British nationwide Christian Michel’s case with India to “underline the importance of making progress to the govt of India.”“We will continue to do so until his case is resolved,” one official instructed TOI.Michel has been detained in Tihar jail since December 2018 when he was extradited to India from Dubai.He beforehand labored within the UAE as a intermediary for a subsidiary of AgustaWestland. He’s accused of paying bribes to Indian officers to assist AgustaWestland win a deal for 12 helicopters value euro 556.2 million (Rs 5,011 crore) in February 2010. The ED, in its charge-sheet filed in June 2016, had alleged that Michel acquired euro 30 million (about Rs 270 crore) from AgustaWestland. Because of the corruption allegations, India cancelled the contract in 2013.Michel, nonetheless, claims his extradition from Dubai to India was quid professional professional for the handing over by India of Princess Latifa, daughter of Dubai’s ruler, to the Dubai authorities, on March 4, 2018.UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak final raised Michel’s case with Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sept 9 on the New Delhi G20 Leaders’ Summit.Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon, UK minister for South Asia, who often raises Michel’s case along with his Indian counterparts, most lately raised this case with residence secretary Ajay Kumar Bhalla on Feb 22.Consular workers on the British excessive fee in Delhi often go to Michel in detention, most lately on March 27, TOI was instructed. Officers within the International Workplace are in touch with Michel’s household, and final met them on Nov 30, 2023.In 2021 Michel started a starvation strike in Tihar Jail, saying this was his solely solution to get his voice heard. Final week the Supreme Court docket refused to entertain his bail plea.A UK govt spokesperson instructed TOI: “We continue to provide consular assistance to Mr Michel and his family…”On Nov 27, 2020, the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention had issued an opinion ruling that Michel was being arbitrarily detained by India and referred to as for his launch by Could 27, 2021. However India on the time stated the opinion was not legally binding.
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