VVIP Chopper deal: CBI arrests ex-IAF officers, 2 others

New Delhi : CBI on Friday arrested ex-IAF officers SP Tyagi and two others for alleged corruption in Rs 3600 crore AugutaWestland deal.

Post retirement in 2007, SP Tyagi has been questioned extensively by CBI several times.

Along with Tyagi, his cousin Sanjiv alias Julie Tyagi and lawyer Gautam Khaitan were also arrested.

"This is for first time a former IAF chief has been arrested by the central probe agency," official sources said.