CWG scam trial begins Tuesday

May 23rd, 2011 - 6:36 pm ICT by IANS  

New Delhi, May 23 (IANS) A city court Monday initiated criminal proceedings against all the 11 accused, including two companies, in financial irregularities in contract for timing scoring and result (TSR) system for the 2010 Commonwealth Games.

Special Judge Talwant Singh directed the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to bring five accused - former CWG Organising Committee chief and MP Suresh Kalmadi, then secretary general Lalit Bhanot, former director general V.K. Verma, then deputy director general (procurement) Surjeet Lal and then joint director general (sport) A.S.V. Prasad - to the court Tuesday.

The court issued production warrant against three accused - Kalmadi, Lal and Prasad. Bhanot and Verma will be coming to the court Tuesday as their judicial custody ends the same day.

The city court, meanwhile, issued non-bailable warrant against treasurer M Jayachandran.

Judge Singh said: “He stopped appearing before the investigative agency after his role surfaced as accused in the case, hence I am of view to issue non-bailable warrant against him.”

The court also directed CBI to initiate proceedings against promoters of Faridabad-based Gem International’s A.K. Madan and Purushottam Arya and managing director of Hyderabad-based A.K.R. Constructions A. Krishna Reddy under section 82 of Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPc). The section means proclamation for a person absconding.

The court also directed the investigative agency to publish proclamations in newspapers.

The CBI Friday filed a chargesheet against nine people, including Kalmadi, and two companies in a case related to alleged financial irregularities in the preparations for the October 2010 mega-event.

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