The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Saturday seized an AgustaWestland helicopter from the premises of builder Avinash Bhosale in Pune in connection with the Rs 34,615-crore DHFL scam case.
It is alleged that the AW109SP helicopter was purchased by Varva Aviation, owned by an Association of Persons, in 2011.
The CBI officers revealed that during the course of investigation, they came to know that RKW Developers Private Limited, a company owned by the Wadhawan family of the DHFL Group, allegedly has stakes in Varva Aviation.
The CBI further revealed that RKW Developers joined the Association of Persons in 2017 by contributing towards the cost price and maintenance of the helicopter. “ABIL Infraprojects Limited, a company owned by Bhosale, allegedly has a stake in the helicopter,” said a CBI officer.
Later, when the central agency realised that the funds used for making payment towards the stake in Association of Persons were sourced from loans obtained from a Union Bank of India-led consortium of 17 banks, it seized the helicopter on Saturday.
“The helicopter was found parked in a hangar at the premises of Bhosale at Baner Road in Pune,” said an officer.
Bhosale was arrested by CBI in May. Subsequently, on Monday, the CBI filed a supplementary chargesheet in the Yes Bank-DHFL fraud case against him. In the chargesheet, the agency has alleged that Bhosale used the money to buy a property at 5, Strand in London, which is valued at GBP 100 million (Rs 1000…
