Govt assures action in CWG corruption

New Delhi, Aug 1 (PTI) Hit by allegations of corruption
in the Commonwealth Games, the Indian government Sunday
promised to take action against those found guilty even as
another venue was inaugurated with a leaking roof.
Union Urban Development minister S Jaipal Reddy was in
damage-control mode over the Central Vigilance Commission's
report on widescale corruption in Games' construction
projects.
"CVC has come out with preliminary remarks on the alleged
irregularities in the construction of Commonwealth venues. I
assure you that all concerned would be punished. Nothing would
be spared. We will seriously look into it," Reddy said during
the inauguration of the Weightlifting auditorium inside the
Jawahar Lal Nehru stadium complex here on Sunday.
The Games Organising Committee chairman Suresh Kalmadi,
who was forced to address an hour-long press conference to
rebutt charges of financial bunglings on Friday, was issuing
clarifications yet again.
The Indian Olympic Association chief insisted that the
UK-based firm at the center of a corruption row that has hit
OC was recommended by the Indian High Commission despite an
embarrassing denial issued by it earlier.
The Indian High Commission had denied recommending A M
Films, the little-known UK-based firm which allegedly received
lakhs of pounds for providing its "services" during the
Queen's Baton Relay in London.
Kalmadi refuted the claim and asserted that the
High Commission's protocol official Raju Sebastian made the
recommendation and even produced letters indicative of OC's
communication with the High Commission.
However, Sebastian has been dubbed in reports as "too
junior an official to make any recommendation on behalf of the
High Commission".
"The Organising Committee would like to clarify that we
had written to Mr Vikrant Ratan, the first secretary
(Protocol) of the Indian High Commission, to provide us the
list of agencies for transportation, accommodation and other
services and their approved rates. MORE PTI SHN
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