S P TYAGI CBI CUSTODY EXTENDED FOR THREE DAYS

A Special Court here on Wednesday extended for three days the CBI remand of former Air Chief Marshal S.P. Tyagi and two others in the AugustaWestland VVIP helicopter bribery case.

Special Judge A.K. Jain extended their remand till December 17, allowing a plea by counsel for the CBI that it was a serious case which required his further interrogation to unearth the larger conspiracy as the interests of the nation had been compromised.