Above: Shivani Saxena and her husband Rajiv Saxena are prominent figures in Dubai’s ultra-rich circles
The Patiala House Court on Tuesday (January 9) has issued a notice to Enforcement Directorate (ED) on the application of Shivani Saxena (accused in a money laundering case related to the VVIP chopper deal) seeking permission to visit abroad for an urgent work.
The Court will hear the matter tomorrow at 3 pm.
Shivani Saxena is a director of the two Dubai-based firms started by her husband and which are, by now, well-established in Dubai. According to the case filed by the ED, UK-based AgustaWestland International Ltd. had paid 58 million euros as kickbacks through Tunisia-based Gordian Services Sarl and IDS Sarl. These companies siphoned off the money in the name of consultancy contracts to Interstellar Technologies Ltd and others, and these funds were further transferred to UHY Saxena and Matrix Holdings Ltd in Dubai.
The ED had arrested Shivani Saxena in Chennai under the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA). She is currently in judicial custody. The ED’s case is that UHY Saxena and Matrix Holdings were the ones through whom “the proceeds of crime have been routed and further layered and integrated in buying the immovable properties/shares among others”.
—India Legal Bureau