Overview

• The court deemed the missing file of the August 29, 2019 inquiry into James’s jail security a matter of serious concern.
• Jindal ordered the DG (Prisons) to produce the report or explain its disappearance at the next hearing.
• James has alleged a premeditated conspiracy to poison him in Tihar by a co-inmate linked to the AgustaWestland case.
• Tihar authorities maintain that James faces no credible threat and remains under safe custody in Jail 4.
• Prosecutors say the 2010 VVIP helicopter deal cost India €398.2 million and that James received €30 million in kickbacks.