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CBI grills Kalmadi for over eight hours on CWG scam
New Delhi, Jan 5 (PTI) Commonwealth Games Organising
Committee chief Suresh Kalmadi was on Wednesday questioned for
over eight hours by the India's premier investigating agency,
Central Bureau of Investigation, in connection with the
alleged financial irregularities in the conduct of the sports
event that took place in India in 2010.
CBI sources said Kalmadi was quizzed on payments relating
to the Queen Baton's Relay held in London in 2009 besides on
contracts for several hundred crores awarded to certain firms.
Kalmadi's questioning started around 10.30 AM at the CBI
headquarters. He left the premises at 6.45 PM without speaking
to the media.
The agency had raided his Pune and Delhi premises on
December 24 during which several documents and four computers
were seized.
The sleuths have grilled Kalmadi's three key aides in
connection with the scam. Sources said Manoj Bhori, political
advisor to the OC head, P K Srivastava and A K Sinha, both
assistants to Kalmadi, were also called for interrogation.
Besides Kalmadi, the CBI had also conducted raids at
the residence of OC secretary general Lalit Bhanot, R K
Sacheti, who is joint director general of the OC, and Sangeeta
Welingkar, member of the Games Image and Look Group.
The agency has so far filed three FIRs in connection
with the alleged financial irregularities in the conduct of
the mega sporting event.
While one case is related to a Rs 107-crore deal
struck with a Swiss score keeping firm, the CBI had registered
two other FIRs in connection with the contract given to AM
Films for the Baton Relay ceremonies.
According to sources, the agency is looking at the
possibility of registering a case on the charge of destruction
of evidence against unknown OC officials.
They said that some of the crucial documents which could
throw light on the Games deals have gone missing. The probe
agencies fear that they could have been either destroyed or
hidden.
Sources said CBI officials have found sufficient evidence
of criminal conspiracy by unidentified OC officials for
allegedly tampering with documents and manipulating
information in them. PTI SAP
DBR
Committee chief Suresh Kalmadi was on Wednesday questioned for
over eight hours by the India's premier investigating agency,
Central Bureau of Investigation, in connection with the
alleged financial irregularities in the conduct of the sports
event that took place in India in 2010.
CBI sources said Kalmadi was quizzed on payments relating
to the Queen Baton's Relay held in London in 2009 besides on
contracts for several hundred crores awarded to certain firms.
Kalmadi's questioning started around 10.30 AM at the CBI
headquarters. He left the premises at 6.45 PM without speaking
to the media.
The agency had raided his Pune and Delhi premises on
December 24 during which several documents and four computers
were seized.
The sleuths have grilled Kalmadi's three key aides in
connection with the scam. Sources said Manoj Bhori, political
advisor to the OC head, P K Srivastava and A K Sinha, both
assistants to Kalmadi, were also called for interrogation.
Besides Kalmadi, the CBI had also conducted raids at
the residence of OC secretary general Lalit Bhanot, R K
Sacheti, who is joint director general of the OC, and Sangeeta
Welingkar, member of the Games Image and Look Group.
The agency has so far filed three FIRs in connection
with the alleged financial irregularities in the conduct of
the mega sporting event.
While one case is related to a Rs 107-crore deal
struck with a Swiss score keeping firm, the CBI had registered
two other FIRs in connection with the contract given to AM
Films for the Baton Relay ceremonies.
According to sources, the agency is looking at the
possibility of registering a case on the charge of destruction
of evidence against unknown OC officials.
They said that some of the crucial documents which could
throw light on the Games deals have gone missing. The probe
agencies fear that they could have been either destroyed or
hidden.
Sources said CBI officials have found sufficient evidence
of criminal conspiracy by unidentified OC officials for
allegedly tampering with documents and manipulating
information in them. PTI SAP
DBR
