CWG scam: Bhanot, Verma sent to Tihar Jail till Mar. 15
March 1st, 2011 - 7:27 pm ICT by ANINew Delhi, Mar 1 (ANI): A Delhi court on Tuesday sent former Commonwealth Games (CWG) Organising Committee (OC) Chairman Suresh Kalmadi’s key aides Lalit Bhanot and V.K. Verma to Tihar Jail under 14-day judicial custody in connection with financial irregularities in a contract with a Swiss company.
The court took the decision following a plea by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) that the investigation into the case was still going on.
“Accused are sent to judicial custody till March 15,” said Special Judge Talwant Singh.
The court also permitted the two accused to carry spectacles and medicines, which has been prescribed to them.
The CBI arrested Bhanot and Verma on February 23 in connection with alleged irregularities related to the event.
The arrest of the two took place after both were questioned about the Rs 107 crore contract that was awarded to a Swiss time-keeping company.
Bhanot, the former Organizing Committee Secretary General was booked under Sections 120B (criminal conspiracy) and 420 (cheating) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and under various sections of the Prevention of Corruption Act, along with the Switzerland-based firm Swiss Timing Ltd and other unknown persons.
The CBI is also probing alleged irregularities in the hiring of Swiss firm Event Knowledge Services (EKS) as CWG’s technical consultant.The document is expected to help the CBI establish the alleged role of Kalmadi and Bhanot in connection with scams surrounding the 2010 sporting extravaganza.
The original tender document, which comprised several files, was missing for over three months, since the CBI began its investigation. It has now been recovered. (ANI)
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