SC lets Agusta case approver go abroad, asks for sureties

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Tuesday said Rajeev Saxena, who has now turned an approver in a money laundering case in AgustaWestland chopper scam, may be allowed to travel abroad for medical treatment if his relatives agree to give personal sureties to ensure his return.
Hearing a plea of the Enforcement Directorate which challenged the Delhi HC order allowing him to go abroad for treatment of blood cancer and other ailments, a bench of Justices Sanjiv Khanna and B R Gavai said it would impose strict conditions on him and sought to know whether his relatives live in the country.
Senior advocate Meenakshi Arora, appearing for Saxena, told the bench that his wife lived abroad and only his sister and sister-in-law are living in India. The court asked the lawyer to take instructions whether his relatives were ready to give surety for him and said the amount would be Rs 5 crore.
Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, appearing for ED, said Saxena could be treated in India and expressed apprehensions that he might not not return once he goes abroad.
The HC had given relief to Saxena, noting that he had already been granted bail on medical grounds, before being pardoned and made an approver. A director of two Dubai-based firms, he was one of the accused named in the chargesheet filed by ED in the Rs 3,600-crore AgustaWestland scam.
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1. ^{^} money laundering (timesofindia.indiatimes.com)
2. ^{^} AgustaWestland (timesofindia.indiatimes.com)
3. ^{^} Enforcement Directorate (timesofindia.indiatimes.com)
4. ^{^} General (timesofindia.indiatimes.com)

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