CWG scam: CBI raids Suresh Kalmadi’s houses in Delhi, Pune
CWG scam: CBI raids Kalmadi Kalmadi’s houses in Delhi, Pune
The CBI on Friday carried out searches at the residential premises of Commonwealth Games Organising Committee chief Suresh Kalmadi and his aide in Delhi and in Pune in connection with its probe into alleged irregularities in the conduct of the Games.
CBI sources said, the raids began at about 7 AM when a team over 10 agency sleuths simultaneously entered both the premises. Besides Kalmadi, the premises of his personal secretary Manoj Bhure were also being searched by the CBI.
The raids comes days after it was reported that some of the crucial documents which could throw light on the Games deals have gone missing with the probe agencies fearing that they could have been destroyed or hidden.
Sources had said that the key files, which contain important information on tendering, budgetary allocation and contract details, are missing from the Organising Committee’s office.
They said that CBI officials have found sufficient evidence of criminal conspiracy by unknown OC officials in tampering with some documents and manipulating information in them.
The agency has so far filed three FIRs in connection with the alleged irregularities in CWG and searched the residences of OC Director General V.K. Verma and Bhanot on November 30.
While one case is related to a 107crore rupee deal struck with a Swiss score keeping firm, the agency had registered two other FIRs in connection with the contract given to AM Films for the Baton Relay ceremonies by the OC in London.
