(MENAFN- Khaleej Times) Hours after being questioned by cbi officials in connection with the agustawestland vvip chopper scam goa governor b
Wanchoo faxed his resignation to president pranab mukherjee the official said.
While the raj bhavan did issue a statement about the questioning of wanchoo by cbi officials no mention of the resignation was made in the statement.
Earlier in the day a central bureau of investigation (cbi) team quizzed wanchoo for three and a half hours in connection with alleged graft in the procurement of agustawestland vvip choppers for 556.262 million euros.
A team of cbi officials arrived at the raj bhavan near here at 11.30am and left around 3pm.
A cbi officer on condition of anonymity said wanchoo’s questioning was on the lines of former west bengal governor m.k. narayanan the national security advisor when the deal was signed. narayanan had also stepped down soon after being questioned.
A statement issued here by the state government’s information and publicity department said: “the hon’ble governor was pleased to give his statement as a witness today (friday) and hopes that his statement would have clarified any issues that the cbi may have had and hopes that the cbi would conclude their investigation to bring out the truth at the very earliest.”
Wanchoo a former indian police service officer was the head of the elite special protection group when the deal was signed.
According to the cbi both he and narayanan were part of meetings which led to the height ceiling of the vvip choppers being reduced enabling agustawestland an italian chopper company to enter the picture.
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