Already booked in two different cases relating to Common wealth Games , the Suresh Kalmadi- headed Organising Committee is expected to face more heat from the CBI which may file another FIR in connection with the multi-crore overlays contracts.The CBI, which booked Kalmadi's two top aides Lalit Bhanot and V K Verma for criminal conspiracy and cheating in link with alleged irregularities in a Rs 107 crore contract with a Swiss time-keeping company yesterday, is looking into more complaints of alleged corruption in the run up to the Games, official sources said today.
The complaints include those sent by the Central Vigilance Commission(CVC), the sources said.The next FIR in connection with the Games, which will be the fourth, could be in the multi-crore overlays contracts awarded by the OC at allegedly very high rates, they said.The overlays contracts are already under the scanner of both the Income Tax department and the Enforcement Directorate . The total value of the overlays contracts is estimated to be about Rs 800 crore.The IT department has since conducted two rounds of national level searches in connection with the overlays contracts.
The CBI earlier had registered two FIRs in connection with the Queen's Baton Relay held in London last year and had arrested three CWG officials. Earler, in reply to an RTI query, the CVC had said it had found supposed irregularities in the sale of VIP passes, installation of fitness equipment and appointment of placement broker and manipulation of tenders floated by different government, civic and construction agencies here.Bhanot, OC Secretary General, and Verma, Director General, were charged under sections 120B IPC (criminal conspiracy), 420 IPC (cheating) and various sections of the Prevention of Corruption Act besides Swizerland based firm Swiss Timing Ltd and other unknown persons, a CBI spokesperson said.
The complaints include those sent by the Central Vigilance Commission(CVC), the sources said.The next FIR in connection with the Games, which will be the fourth, could be in the multi-crore overlays contracts awarded by the OC at allegedly very high rates, they said.The overlays contracts are already under the scanner of both the Income Tax department and the Enforcement Directorate . The total value of the overlays contracts is estimated to be about Rs 800 crore.The IT department has since conducted two rounds of national level searches in connection with the overlays contracts.
The CBI earlier had registered two FIRs in connection with the Queen's Baton Relay held in London last year and had arrested three CWG officials. Earler, in reply to an RTI query, the CVC had said it had found supposed irregularities in the sale of VIP passes, installation of fitness equipment and appointment of placement broker and manipulation of tenders floated by different government, civic and construction agencies here.Bhanot, OC Secretary General, and Verma, Director General, were charged under sections 120B IPC (criminal conspiracy), 420 IPC (cheating) and various sections of the Prevention of Corruption Act besides Swizerland based firm Swiss Timing Ltd and other unknown persons, a CBI spokesperson said.
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