The CWG 2010 Organising Committee chief was grilled for about nine hours by the investigating agency regarding alleged financial irregularities in conducting the sports event When the world highly praised Common wealth Games 2010, the chairman of the Organising Committee Suresh Kalmadi who had a smile on his face, most likely wouldn't have thought that a few months later he would be grilled by half-a-dozen CBI sleuths.Kalmadi, who reached the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) office at about 10 am on Wednesday, was questioned for nine long hours and left the premises at about 6.30 pm.
"He was questioned about financial irregularities in the Queen's Baton Relay held in London and faced a questionnaire consisting of about fifty questions," a senior CBI official said. CBI sources said that Kalmadi was asked about information of the procedure which was followed in awarding certain contracts and how the money was paid. Officers of the investigating agency had earlier raided Kalmadi's Delhi and Pune residences to look for documents and evidence in association with three FIRs which they have lodged.
The agency had earlier supposed that there were discrepancies regarding certain contracts that were awarded to various firms totalling several hundred crores."He was questioned extensively on the procedures followed by the OC in assigning contracts," sources stated. Kalmadi was also reportedly asked about the Organising Committee's coordination and involvement with other civic agencies during and before the Common wealth Games. "We have recovered a few documents and vital leads from raids which we had conducted at his residences and we asked questions based on those documents and clues which we gathered during our probe," sources said.
"He was questioned about financial irregularities in the Queen's Baton Relay held in London and faced a questionnaire consisting of about fifty questions," a senior CBI official said. CBI sources said that Kalmadi was asked about information of the procedure which was followed in awarding certain contracts and how the money was paid. Officers of the investigating agency had earlier raided Kalmadi's Delhi and Pune residences to look for documents and evidence in association with three FIRs which they have lodged.
The agency had earlier supposed that there were discrepancies regarding certain contracts that were awarded to various firms totalling several hundred crores."He was questioned extensively on the procedures followed by the OC in assigning contracts," sources stated. Kalmadi was also reportedly asked about the Organising Committee's coordination and involvement with other civic agencies during and before the Common wealth Games. "We have recovered a few documents and vital leads from raids which we had conducted at his residences and we asked questions based on those documents and clues which we gathered during our probe," sources said.
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