The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), probing supposed irregularities in the hiring of Swiss firm Event Knowledge Services as the 2010 Common wealth Games (CWG)'s technical advisor, has recovered the contract's original tender document. The document is likely to help the agency establish the supposed role of Organising Committee (OC) chairman Suresh Kalmadi and its secretary general Lalit Bhanot. The original document, comprising more than a few files, was missing for over three months, since the agency began its probe.
"The EKS contract, worth Rs29 crore, was awarded by the OC's executive board at a time when its former chairman Suresh Kalmadi had headed it and Lalit Bhanot was its secretary general. We suspect the contract was completed in violation of norms and by showing undue favours to the firm," a CBI source told HT.According to the agency source, the CBI is also looking into allegations that the firm was favoured because a former CW Federation official had allegedly "owned stake in EKS."
When contacted by HT over the allegation, an aide of Kalmadi said, "Mr. Suresh Kalmadi was the chairman of the OC's executive board when the contract to EKS was awarded to it but it was first accepted by finance group comprising government officials. Even the executive board that awarded it had government officials as members then." Bhanot, when contacted, however, refused to comment. The CBI collected the tender document on Thursday from the OC, which in turn improved it from one of its former top official, connected with the Project Management Unit. The contract was "returned" by the official on January 31.
"The EKS contract, worth Rs29 crore, was awarded by the OC's executive board at a time when its former chairman Suresh Kalmadi had headed it and Lalit Bhanot was its secretary general. We suspect the contract was completed in violation of norms and by showing undue favours to the firm," a CBI source told HT.According to the agency source, the CBI is also looking into allegations that the firm was favoured because a former CW Federation official had allegedly "owned stake in EKS."
When contacted by HT over the allegation, an aide of Kalmadi said, "Mr. Suresh Kalmadi was the chairman of the OC's executive board when the contract to EKS was awarded to it but it was first accepted by finance group comprising government officials. Even the executive board that awarded it had government officials as members then." Bhanot, when contacted, however, refused to comment. The CBI collected the tender document on Thursday from the OC, which in turn improved it from one of its former top official, connected with the Project Management Unit. The contract was "returned" by the official on January 31.
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