New Delhi, April 25: Commonwealth Games Organising Committee former chairman Suresh Kalmadi faced the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) for the third time on Monday for questioning in cases related to alleged irregularities in the conduct of the sporting event. According to sources, Kalmadi was arrested after the CBI found damning evidence against him.
An official announcement regarding the arrest of Kalmadi might come by evening. He will be produced in a court tomorrow.
A two-member CBI team has returned from London after carrying out extensive investigations in the Queens baton relay scam. So far Kalmadi has maintained that he hasn’t benefitted a single rupee from the CWG – a claim that will be put to test by the CBI.
The CBI has got some new leads about how Kalmadi put his signatures on this request from another one of his former colleagues Sanjay Mohindroo for releasing a sum of 146000 British pounds.
AM cars and films – the firm that was contracted for supplying video screens and cars for the Queen’s baton relay has informed the investigators about how OC officials like TS Darbari and Sanjay Mohindroo had conspired with them.
But it’s the time scoring equipment scam that the investigators are most upbeat about.
Sources say that the CBI has got leads of a Hyderabad-based company AKR constructions which is being suspected of being a frontal company for Kalmadi.
A sum of Rs 13 crores was deposited in this firm’s account by Swiss timing firm that got the time scoring equipment contract. But making the job difficult for CBI is the fact that the entire deal had been approved off by many government officials as well
Any action against Kalmadi in this deal will lead to questions against rest as well.
–Agencies