Antony ignores Italian report

Faced with a swirling defence procurement scam, the government appears to have decided that taking a circuitous route to get to the truth and ignoring the evidence at hand is its best defence. Defence minister A.K. Antony on Thursday wrote a letter to the CEO of AgustaWestland - the tainted Italian company at the centre of the VVIP chopper scam - asking him to explain whether his company had paid bribes to any Indian to help it swing the €560 million (Rs 3,546 crore) deal in its favour.

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