Christian James Michel, the middleman in the AgustaWestland deal, says he has written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to intervene while claiming he is willing to come to India to face the authorities.
Michel denied reports of him and his father being close to the Gandhi family. “It's an exaggeration that my father Mr Wolfgang Michel was a close aide of the Gandhi family. From my own knowledge, I can say he was not very close. I also have never been in touch with any family member or any extended family member of the Gandhi family," he said.
Refuting allegations that he is seeking a political route with an aim to influence investigations, Michel said, "Investigative agencies have done their work. They already have the Italian documents. We know the result, it will be the same result. I have been through this and have not been found guilty. This is not about who is guilty and who is not. This is looking for a wider picture that is why I can't believe the Indian Prime Minister would think that I'm looking at a bargain using a political route".
In his letter to Modi, Michel claims that he is willing to share evidence related to the AgustaWestland case with the investigating agencies. "I have some information about internal corruption in Finmeccanica which is not in public domain. But I have no evidence of any corruption in India. India went ahead and bought the best aircraft in the world and I don't see why it has to be a corrupt deal," he claimed.
Explaining the purpose of writing to Modi, he said that he wanted to ask the Prime Minister whether he was aware of the investigation and if he knew "how inappropriate it is".
He added that he was performing many duties for the company. “I was developing other programmes and I also had other businesses in India. I was developing my glass business. I was looking after charity there. I liked the place and if I had nothing to do, I used to always go to India," he said.
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