DRDO Chief S Christopher on Monday briefed Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar on the USD 208-million Embraer Aircraft Deal of 2008 which has come under cloud over allegation of bribery.
Christopher visited the minister’s office earlier in the day and briefed him over the matter. The DRDO has already approached the Brazilian company Embraer for an explanation over media reports suggesting the firm had hired an Indian middlemen based in UK to get the deal through in 2008.
Parrikar has said if there is a criminal angle to the deal than it would be probed by the CBI. “The report is yet to come to me. I will have a look once, I receive it,” Parrikar said. It came under the scanner after the US Justice Department started probing Embraer for alleged payment of bribes to secure contracts in foreign countries.