The CBI has put 35 people hired by the Organising Committee for the Common wealth Games 2010 under scanner. This includes Shashi Tharoor, as consultants/advisors for different Functional Areas in the run- up to the sport event. The investigate agency newly acquired from the OC list on the tenure terms, fees, and performance indicators of these consultants. “We suspect that a common of these consultants were appointed by the OC in an arbitrary manner. A considerable amount, over several crore, was paid to them over a period of between four months to three years.
The list showed that none of them submitted monthly report,” said a CBI source, not authorized to talk to the media. The actions were made by OC’s former chairman Suresh Kalmadi along with Lalit Bhanot as its then secretary general. When contacted, a senior OC executive confirmed, “As demanded by the CBI, and Shunglu committee, the OC gave whole details on the appointment and work particulars to them.”While Bhanot refused to comment on the issue, Kalmadi could not be contacted despite several attempts. Most consultants confirmed their stints with the OC. An advisor, who had been attached with the Security FA, said, “I was concerned in the safety details every day, I did submit a report at the end of games, not monthly reports.
”Tharoor, “consultant for Community Engagement”, however, denied his association with the OC. “My limited paid service was confined to the Common wealth Youth Games (Pune, 2008) and relates to a period when I was an independent consultant living abroad I have neither sought nor received any payment at all for any assistance rendered to the Common wealth Games next my return to India and my election as an MP,” the former MoS said to specific HT queries through email. But according to OC documents, Tharoor on July 6, 2009, had received a payment of “$ 26, 629” after $ 3,371 was deducted as tax from the OC as his “consultancy fee.”
The list showed that none of them submitted monthly report,” said a CBI source, not authorized to talk to the media. The actions were made by OC’s former chairman Suresh Kalmadi along with Lalit Bhanot as its then secretary general. When contacted, a senior OC executive confirmed, “As demanded by the CBI, and Shunglu committee, the OC gave whole details on the appointment and work particulars to them.”While Bhanot refused to comment on the issue, Kalmadi could not be contacted despite several attempts. Most consultants confirmed their stints with the OC. An advisor, who had been attached with the Security FA, said, “I was concerned in the safety details every day, I did submit a report at the end of games, not monthly reports.
”Tharoor, “consultant for Community Engagement”, however, denied his association with the OC. “My limited paid service was confined to the Common wealth Youth Games (Pune, 2008) and relates to a period when I was an independent consultant living abroad I have neither sought nor received any payment at all for any assistance rendered to the Common wealth Games next my return to India and my election as an MP,” the former MoS said to specific HT queries through email. But according to OC documents, Tharoor on July 6, 2009, had received a payment of “$ 26, 629” after $ 3,371 was deducted as tax from the OC as his “consultancy fee.”
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