Shivani Saxena, one of the accused in the ₹3,600 crore AgustaWestland VVIP Chopper scam, has been allowed by the Delhi High Court to travel to Dubai for a booster dose of the COVID-19 vaccine [Shivani Saxena v. Directorate of Enforcement]..Permission was granted by Justice Rekha Palli in view of the rise in cases of the Omicron variant of the coronavirus. Saxena was granted eight weeks to travel to Dubai and get the booster dose..Appearing for Saxena, Senior Advocate RK Handoo argued that his client was an old lady with co-morbidities, in light of which she wanted to get a booster dose. He pointed out that when she was previously allowed by the Court to travel abroad, she did not abscond and followed court orders..Appearing for the Enforcement Directorate, Advocate Zoheb Hossain said that the story of the booster dose was concocted..Last month, Christian Michel, an alleged middleman in the AgustaWestland VVIP Chopper scam, had informed the Delhi High Court that his extradition from the United Arab Emirates to India was a quid pro quo for Indian authorities sending Princess Latifa back to Dubai.Michel had told the Court that he was brought to India in December 2018, just eight months after Princess Sheikha Latifa bin Mohammed al-Maktoum, the runaway daughter of Dubai’s ruler, was intercepted by the Indian Coast Guard near Goa while she was trying to flee to the United States. India had then sent her back to the UAE..I was extradited to India in exchange for Princess Latifa: Christian Michel tells Delhi High Court
Shivani Saxena, one of the accused in the ₹3,600 crore AgustaWestland VVIP Chopper scam, has been allowed by the Delhi High Court to travel to Dubai for a booster dose of the COVID-19 vaccine [Shivani Saxena v. Directorate of Enforcement]..Permission was granted by Justice Rekha Palli in view of the rise in cases of the Omicron variant of the coronavirus. Saxena was granted eight weeks to travel to Dubai and get the booster dose..Appearing for Saxena, Senior Advocate RK Handoo argued that his client was an old lady with co-morbidities, in light of which she wanted to get a booster dose. He pointed out that when she was previously allowed by the Court to travel abroad, she did not abscond and followed court orders..Appearing for the Enforcement Directorate, Advocate Zoheb Hossain said that the story of the booster dose was concocted..Last month, Christian Michel, an alleged middleman in the AgustaWestland VVIP Chopper scam, had informed the Delhi High Court that his extradition from the United Arab Emirates to India was a quid pro quo for Indian authorities sending Princess Latifa back to Dubai.Michel had told the Court that he was brought to India in December 2018, just eight months after Princess Sheikha Latifa bin Mohammed al-Maktoum, the runaway daughter of Dubai’s ruler, was intercepted by the Indian Coast Guard near Goa while she was trying to flee to the United States. India had then sent her back to the UAE..I was extradited to India in exchange for Princess Latifa: Christian Michel tells Delhi High Court