Sudhir Choudhrie

A number of middlemen and agents involved in defence deals have come under the scanner of security and investigative agencies afresh as part of their probe into a well-oiled machinery in the critical sector, with the governing pushing for a clean-up.

The Defence Ministry has ordered a bribery investigation over the purchase of jet engines from Rolls-Royce by the state-run Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) in a deal worth at least $1.2 billion or Rs 7426.8 crores.

The arrest of an India-born businessman and his son as part of a probe by the UK's Serious Fraud Office (SFO) into allegations of bribery at aerospace and defence major Rolls-Royce has shaken the corridors of power in Britain.

UK businessman Sudhir Choudhrie has denied any hand in any arms sale between Israel and India.

A number of middlemen and agents involved in defence deals have come under the scanner of security and investigative agencies afresh as part of their probe into a well-oiled machinery in the critical sector, with the governing pushing for a clean-up.

The Defence Ministry has ordered a bribery investigation over the purchase of jet engines from Rolls-Royce by the state-run Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) in a deal worth at least $1.2 billion or Rs 7426.8 crores.

The arrest of an India-born businessman and his son as part of a probe by the UK's Serious Fraud Office (SFO) into allegations of bribery at aerospace and defence major Rolls-Royce has shaken the corridors of power in Britain.

UK businessman Sudhir Choudhrie has denied any hand in any arms sale between Israel and India.