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Suresh
Kalmadi arrested by CBI
Monday April 25, 2011 05:04:39 PM,
IANS
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New Delhi:
Former Commonwealth Games (CWG) Organising Committee chief Suresh Kalmadi was arrested by the CBI Monday after he was questioned
again in connection with alleged irregularities in the contracts
awarded for the 2010 mega-event, an officer said.
After skipping questioning thrice, Kalmadi appeared at the Central
Bureau of Investigation (CBI) headquarters here and was quizzed by
the CBI sleuths before he was arrested.
CBI spokesperson Vineeta Thakur told reporters that Kalmadi would
be produced before a special court Tuesday.
Kalmadi was questioned for an alleged TSR (timing scoring and
result) equipment scam. He faces charges of conspiracy and
cheating under the Prevention of Corruption Act, Thakur said.
This was his fourth round of questioning about a slew of contracts
that saw the most expensive firms being hired for the equipment
and services. These include conspiring with a Swiss firm that
supplied the TSR for the October 3-14 Games at exorbitant rates.
Kalmadi's aides, including Lalit Bhanot, who served as the
secretary general of the Organising Committee, and V.K. Verma, who
was its director general, were arrested earlier.
Bharatiya Janata Party spokesperson Prakash Javadekar described
Kalmadi's arrest as "belated but welcome".
"This is definitely a belated but welcome step," he said.
Javadekar said there should be similar action against other
people. "We demand that action against Delhi Chief Minister
(Sheila Dikshit) and other senior bureaucrats involved in the loot
should also be taken."
Kalmadi was summoned to the CBI headquarters April 15 but had to
go out of station on that day, an official told IANS. He was then
called Tuesday, April 19, but could not make it. Yet again, he
failed to appear before the CBI for questioning April 20, saying
he was unwell.
Kalmadi was earlier questioned in connection with alleged
irregularities in hiring AM Films and AM Car and Van Hire Limited
during the Queen's Baton Relay in 2009.
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