VVIP chopper scam case: Christian Michel's family pleads for UK's intervention

June 03, 2021 20:57

The family of Christian Michel, based in the UK and France, on Thursday expressed concern for his well-being amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic in India and urged the British government to intervene on behalf of the VVIP chopper scam accused being held in Tihar Jail in New Delhi.

Alaric and Alois Michel, the sons of the British middleman who was extradited to India from the UAE over a controversial helicopter deal, said they were increasingly concerned for their father's well-being amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic in the country's prisons and his medical condition involving kidney stones.

"It has been extremely hard on us, especially our 17-year-old sister. We are concerned for our father's well-being given the COVID-19 pandemic and his medical condition," 26-year-old Alaric said during an online press conference organised by Guernica 37 International Justice Chambers in London.

"India is somewhere our father considered home for many years," added 24-year-old Alois.

The Indian government maintains that all procedures were followed in the extradition case.

Michel's legal team, however, alleges that he was handed over to the Indian authorities as a "quid pro quo" for the return of Princess Latifa -- the daughter of Dubai's ruler Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al-Maktoum.

-- PTI

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