Indian denies being a broker in Indo-Israel arms deal: report

London, Apr 19 (PTI) A London-based Indian businessman,
accused of receiving millions of pounds in kickbacks from an
arms deal between an Israeli company and Indian government,
has denied being involved in any defence sale, a British
newspaper said today.

Sudhir Choudhrie, a donor for the Liberal Democrats,
was accused in the Indian media of acting as a key arms broker
and benefitting from the deal.

However, his family has said he never profited from the
arms industry, the Observer said today.

Choudhrie was accused of receiving as illegal business
charges, a share of the 1.5 billion deal of medium range
surface-to-air missiles between an Israeli company and the
Indian government in January this year.

Sources close to his family allege that Choudhrie is a
victim of a campaign to discredit him.

"These allegations, as well as the ones from earlier, are
completely and utterly unfounded. He has never been involved
in arms deals of any sort," the paper quoted the sources as
saying. PTI HSR