New Delhi: Christine Bredo Spliid, a Danish woman alleged to be close to AgustaWestland VVIP chopper scam accused Christian James Michel, has finally broken her silence and denied the accusations.
Spliid was reportedly in touch with Michel, the alleged AgustaWestland middleman in the multi-crore chopper deal. Spliid had also traveled to India during the period when AgustaWestland deal was being finalised.
But she now claims that she was not involved in the deal. "I don't have anything to do with any AgustaWestland dealings, in any way whatsoever," said Spliid.
I never met with or spoken to Gautam Khaitan, Guido Haschke, Carlo Gerosa, or anyone from the Tyagi family, added Spliid.
Khaitan is a Delhi-based lawyer and the first person to be arrested by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on September 23, 2014for allegedly laundering bribe money in the AgustaWestland deal.
Haschke is a Swiss-Italian businessman and another alleged middleman in the scam while Gerosa is his business partner and named in the scam by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI).
Though Spliid claimed that she has nothing to do with the scam, the ED has already started probing her alleged role in the entire dealing.
Two British nationals of Indian origin, Saahil Parkash Mehra and Sonya Mehra, also have shareholding in the company. Records show both have London based address.
According to the documents Spliid's address is Flat 3, 10 Chapstow Road, London. Records show Spliid was born on July 11, 1984.
Indian investigators are trying to find out if some part of the kickback money reached Beetle Nut Home Ltd.
Records also reveal that Beetle Nut Home Ltd was dissolved in January 2016.
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