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NEW DELHI: Enforcement Directorate's supplementary charge sheet on the AgustaWestland helicopter scam well may have trapped AICC treasurer and senior Congress leader Ahmed Patel. There were certain abbreviations in the diary of Christian Michel that could go against Ahmed Patel and Congress. "One was 'AP' and the other was 'Fam'. Christen Michel has verified 'AP' as Ahmed Patel and 'Fam' stands for family, reveals ED. The supplementary charge sheet against the middleman Christian has named three new entities: David Syms, Global Services Ltd and Global Trading Ltd, which were Michel's firms. Michel had used the companies as a conduit for receiving money.

Special judge Arvind Kumar said, the court will take cognisance of the agency's charge sheet on Saturday.

The ED said that the bribe from AgustaWestland was routed through Global Services and Global Trading.

The agency said that further investigation was going on over the role of politicians and bureaucrats involved in the case. Michel was arrested by the ED on 22nd December last year after his extradition from Dubai.

Meanwhile, Michel’s attorney Aljo K. Joseph said that he hasn’t mentioned anyone’s name. The ED, in its charge sheet filed against Michel in June 2016, had alleged that he had received 30 million euros (about Rs 225 crore) from AgustaWestland. The CBI, in its charge sheet, has alleged an estimated loss of Rs 3600 crores to the exchequer in the deal that was signed on February 8, 2010 for the supply of VVIP choppers worth 556.262 million euros.