New Delhi, April 26: Suresh Kalmadi was today attacked with a slipper outside a Delhi court which remanded him to CBI custody for eight days for his interrogation on charges of cheating, conspiracy and corruption in the award of Commonwealth Games contracts.
Kalmadi, who was arrested yesterday, was brought under tight security but a youth from Madhya Pradesh managed to jump over the policemen and hurl a slipper at him before he was produced in a special CBI court. The youth Kapil Thakur has been detained by the police.
Besides 66-year-old Kalmadi, Special CBI Judge Talwant Singh also remanded OC Joint Director General (Sport) A S V Prasad and OC Deputy Director General (Procurement) Surjit Lal till May 4 in CBI’s custody following their arrest yesterday.
—–PTi