Kalmadi questioned by CBI

Meanwhile, businessman Binu Nanu, accused of paying kickbacks, has been granted bail

PTI | March 15, 2011



Suspended Commonwealth Games organising committee chairman Suresh Kalmadi was today questioned by the CBI for the second time in connection with alleged scams related to the conduct of the sporting extravaganza.

Kalmadi was earlier questioned by the CBI at his residence here in January RPT January. Agency officials had also searched his residential and official premises in Delhi, Mumbai and Pune. His bank lockers were also searched.

Three of his close aides including former OC secretary general Lalit Bhanot, former OC director general V K Verma and his personal assistant Shekhar Deorukhkar are already behind bars in connection with alleged irregularities during the Games.

The CBI has so far registered eight cases of which three are related to restoration work of two sporting venues, two are related to Queen Baton's relay, while one each is related to overlays, contract given to Swiss Time Keeping, and contract given to SIS live for the coverage of the Games.

Members of Organising Committee have been made accused in four cases related to alleged irregularities in awarding contracts of QBR, overlays and time keeping but so far Kalmadi has not been named accused in the eight FIRs filed by the agency.

Related report:

Businessman held over CWG charges gets bail

Businessman Binu Nanu, held for allegedly paying kickbacks to various CWG organising committee officials to secure several lucrative contracts for providing logistic support to last year's mega sporting event, was today granted bail by the Delhi high court.

Justice Ajit Bharihoke granted him bail on a personal bond of Rs 50,000 with two sureties of the same amount.

Nanu, director of M/s Mero Form Indian Pvt Ltd (France) and M/s GL events Pvt Ltd will join investigation as and when required and will not try to either tamper with evidence or influence witnesses in the case, the judge directed.

The judge also ordered Nanu to surrender his passport with the trial court.

The court granted him bail accepting his counsel Pramod Kumar Dubey's arguments that the investigation was almost over and the CBI no longer needed his client for custodial interrogation.

The CBI had arrested Nanu on January 17. His arrest was followed by the arrests of former organising committee chief Suresh Kalmadi's aide Shekhar Deorukhkar and director general V K Verma.
 

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