VVIP Choppers Case: Kamal Nath's Nephew Escapes Investigation, Flees During Toilet Break

Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh Kamal Nath's nephew Ratul Puri couldn't be addressed by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) regarding the VVIP choppers money laundering case here as he left the agency’s office soon after he reaches, authorities said on Saturday.

They said Kamal Nath’s nephew Ratul Puri was to be gone up against with some evidence during addressing at an Enforcement Directorate office on Friday. He was asked to wait however he purportedly left after some time in the guise of setting off to the washroom, authorities affirmed. It is comprehended that agency authorities at that point tried to call him on his cell phone however it was switched off. "It isn't valid that Puri gave the slip during addressing," a senior authority said.

Puri, chairman of Hindustan Power Projects, has been grilled by the agency for this situation in the past as well. Puri is the son of Deepak Puri and Nita Puri, the CMD of optical storage media firm Moser Baer. Nita Puri is Nath's sister. The Rs 3,600 crore arrangement to buy AgustaWestland choppers for VVIPs was rejected by India over charges of defilement and kickbacks being paid in the arrangement. The Enforcement Directorate (ED) and the CBI are testing the case and have just recorded various charge sheets in the case.

Meanwhile, during the day, Ratul Puri got interim relief from arrest till Monday from a Delhi High court in an illegal tax avoidance case identified with the chopper scam. He had said he was coordinating in the probe and there was no need of his arrest.

Recently, Former Madhya Pradesh chief minister Digvijaya Singh has written to successor Chief Minister Kamal Nath asking him to bring to book the key conspirators in the Vyapam scam.

In a letter written to Kamal Nath, Singh said: “In 2013, the rigging of entrance tests conducted by the Madhya Pradesh Professional Examination Board (MPPEB) or ‘Vyapam’ came to light. But limiting the scope of the scam to pre-medical test (for admissions to medical colleges), the then government only acted against students. It implicated students while saving the main accused involved in the scam.”

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