External Affairs Ministry yesterday said, India has granted consular access to Christian Michel, a British national who was brought to India from the UAE last month. He was extradited to India in connection with the Agusta Westland chopper deal scam. It is learnt that consular
access to Michel was granted on Thursday.
The British High Commission had sought consular access to Michel after he was arrested in the first week of December. At present, he is lodged in Tihar jail in New Delhi.