05 May,2011 08:02 AM IST | | Mid Day Correspondent
The suspended Congress leader was sent to judicial custody by a Delhi court after his eight-day police remand ended on Wednesday
A Delhi court on Wednesday sent sacked Commonwealth Games (CWG) Organising Committee chairman Suresh Kalmadi to judicial custody for 14 days. The eight-day police remand of the Congress MP from Pune ended on Wednesday.
Nailed: Suresh Kalmadi leaving the CBI headquarters on Wednesday.
Pic/Imtiyaz Khan
Kalmadi is accused of corruption in his capacity as chairman of the CWG Organising Committee. He is charged with delivering inflated contracts to companies that charged exorbitant rates for equipment and services employed for the Games that were held in September in the Capital. He was arrested by the CBI on April 25 for fraud and conspiring with other officers of the Organising Committee for overpaying a Swiss firm 95 crore rupees for timing and scorekeeping equipment that was used at different venues during the Commonwealth Games.
The arrest order was carried out after the CBI had questioned Kalmadi extensively on the two incidents, particularly on the documents relating to the two deals. The CBI had earlier asked Kalmadi to appear before it on Monday to clarify some new issues, which surfaced during the visit of the agency's officials to London in connection with Queen's Baton Relay scam.
Kalmadi had earlier expressed his inability to appear before the CBI citing his foreign visit, saying he would return home only after April 19. But even after returning from his visit abroad, he did not turn up before the sleuths, saying he was still not in Delhi, sources said.
Digging deep
Enforcement Directorate, probing the Rs 600 crore Commonwealth Games overlays scam, has sought a host of documents related to tender and award of contract from the Organising Committee to widen its probe in the light of the arrest of its dismissed Chairman Suresh Kalmadi. ,Sources said the ED has summoned officials concerned in the Games body to appear before it with the required documents and clarify certain details to it.
ED has filed a case under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) to investigate the money trail in the scam. Besides this, the Central Bureau of Investigation and Central Vigilance Commission are also looking into alleged irregularities in the overlays scam.
