Rajiv Saxena, who has turned an approver in the VVIP chopper deal case, on Tuesday moved an application in a court here seeking permission to go abroad.
Taking his application on record, Special CBI Judge Arvind Kumar issued notice to the Enforcement Directorate (ED) and listed the matter on April 29 for hearing.
The court had in March allowed Mr. Saxena to turn approver after going through his statement which he had earlier recorded before a Metropolitan Magistrate on its direction. The ED had said it had no objection to Mr. Saxena’s request to turn an approver. Counsel for the probe agency submitted before the judge that Mr. Saxena becoming an approver would be useful to the case.
In his application, Mr. Saxena said he would make full disclosure to the extent facts were within his knowledge.
The ED has alleged that in connivance with Gautam Khaitan, one of the accused in the case, Mr. Saxena provided a global corporate structure for laundering illegal proceeds of the crime for payment to various politicians, bureaucrats and Air Force officials.
Christian Michel, former AgustaWestland and Finmeccanica directors Giuseppe Orsi and Bruno Spagnolini respectively, former Air Force chief S.P. Tyagi and Mr. Saxena’s wife Shivani have also been made accused by the ED.