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CBI
raids Kalmadi's Delhi, Pune residences, Games office
Friday December 24, 2010 11:46:36 AM,
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Suresh
Kalmadi's premises raided by CBI
The CBI Friday raided Commonwealth Games
Organising Committee chairman Suresh Kalmadi's homes and office
here and in Pune in connection with irregularities in the conduct
of the October games, official sources said.
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New Delhi/Pune: CBI Friday raided the Delhi and Pune homes of Commonwealth Games
Organising Committee chief Suresh Kalmadi as well as the Games
office here, two months after the mega event ended amid
allegations of major financial irregularities.
Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) said teams of officers
searched Kalmadi's residences and that of an aide also in Pune.
"The raids began early morning today. A total of four locations
were raided in Delhi and Pune. We are still searching the places,"
CBI Deputy Inspector General of Police Vinita Thakur told IANS.
Official sources in Pune said Kalmadi's house off Karve road was
raided by a seven-member team at 7.30 a.m.
His close aide Manoj Bhore's house in Pune was also searched.
CBI is probing alleged irregularities in the Organising
Committee's contract of Rs.107 crore with a firm to procure the
Time Scoring Board.
Kalmadi has claimed that he has done no wrong and was willing to
face any inquiry.
Despite repeated attempts, Kalmadi could not be reached by IANS.
Games secretary general Lalit Bhanot and treasurer A.K. Mattoo
were also unreachable.
Kalmadi, a senior leader of the Congress from Maharashtra, is a
member of the Lok Sabha, elected for the third time in 2009 from
Pune. He has also served in the Rajya Sabha four times.
Three other aides of Kalmadi -- T.S. Darbari, Sanjay Mohindroo and
M. Jayachandran -- are already in custody in connection with
another financial scam related to the Games.
The Organising Committee is understood to have paid AM Films - a
sister concern of AM Car - over 450,000 pounds for services during
the Queen's Baton Relay function in London in October 2009 without
following proper tender procedures and paper work.
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