CWG OC Director General questioned by ED

New Delhi, October 27: The Enforcement Directorate today questioned CWG Organising Committee Director General V K Verma for marathon ten hours in connection with its probe into alleged financial irregularities in organizing the sporting extravaganza.

Official sources said Verma was grilled at length on the alleged irregularities in the Queen’s Baton Relay held in London last year and also on issues concerning overlays work.

Speaking to the media after his questioning at the ED Zonal office here, Verma said it was a “general” discussion and no individual contracts were discussed.

“I had a very general and very comprehensive discussion on everything about the Organising Committee: its organisation, its structure, when the OC came into being and how has it progressed in the last 4-5 years”, he said.

Asked further about specific contracts relating to the QBR, he said “no individual contracts were discussed.

–Agencies