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IDS sent 7.4 lakh Euros to interstellar after Dassault's payment

YB WEB DESK. Dated: 4/15/2021 12:06:35 PM

New Delhi, Apr 14 Chandigarh-based IDS Infotech Ltd paid a commission of 7,40,128 euros to Interstellar Holdings Pvt Ltd, which is now known as Interstellar Technologies, on receipt of payments from French defence major Dassault Aviation for a project between May 2003 to November 2006, the CBI has claimed in its charge sheet in the Rs 3,600 crore VVIP AgustaWestland case. Dassault Aviation had later signed a contract with India for the supply of 36 Rafale fighter jets. The 12,421 page Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) supplementary charge sheet filed in September last year has been viewed by IANS. The CBI said that Dheeraj Aggarwal, who worked as Chief Financial Officer of IDS Infotech Ltd, in his statement to the agency on March 18, 2019 claimed that “he knew businessman Sushen Mohan Gupta as he was relative of Manish Bagrodia, son of late Satish Bagrodia, who was the Chairman of IDS Infotech and overall in-charge of the company”. “IDS Infotech Ltd signed an agreement with Interstellar Technologies, which was then known as Interstellar Holding Pvt Ltd,” he said, adding IDS Infotech received an agreement sent by lawyer Gautam Khaitan, which was already signed on behalf of Interstellar Holdings Ltd. Khaitan was arrested twice by the CBI and the Enforcement Directorate (ED) each. He is currently out on bail. Aggarwal, however, said that only Khaitan can explain that who had signed the agreement on behalf of Interstellar Holdings Ltd. In his statement to the CBI, he said: “As per the agreement, 40 per cent of the commission of the total contract value with Dassault Aviation was to be paid to the agent in the account of Interstellar Holdings Pvt Ltd.”