New Delhi: Sanjeev Tyagi, a cousin of ex-Air Chief SP Tyagi, today rubbished charges of having received kickbacks in the Rs 3,600 crore VVIP chopper deal, saying it was an "absolute lie" even as he admitted having met one of the middlemen 17 years back on a power sector deal. "Everything started with a lie and it will die with that lie," Sanjeev Tyagi told CNN-IBN in an interview. In a report filed by Italian investigators on the defence deal in Italy, the three Tyagi brothers -- Julie, Docsa and Sanjeev -- are alleged to have received kickbacks from middlemen. Sanjeev said he met Guido Haschke in 1996, who has levelled allegations against him, in connection with some dealings in power sector as consultants and that he has never ventured into the defence sector in any way. "It is only logical that he (Haschke) knows that my cousin is Air Chief. So he started on a total wrong premise, a malicious story that he can help AgustaWestland by lowering the heights of the choppers" Sanjeev said.
17/02/13 PTI/One India
