New Delhi: A Delhi court on Wednesday sent sacked Commonwealth Games Organising Committee Chairman Suresh Kalmadi to 14 days of judicial custody in the Commonwealth Games Time Scoring Equipment scam case. Surjit Lal and ASV Prasad, who have also been arrested in the same case, have also been sent to judicial custody till May 18. The trio will be kept at the Tihar Jail in New Delhi.
Kalmadi’s lawyer Hitesh Jain said, “The Court has remanded Kalmadi to 14 days of judicial custody and the next hearing will be on May 18. Our next step will be filing a bail application.”
Kalmadi was arrested under Sections 120 B and 420 (criminal conspiracy and cheating) of the Indian Penal Code in the Commonwealth Games Time Scoring Equipment scam.
Kalmadi reportedly conspired to favour a private firm in Switzerland by awarding contract at inflated cost of Rs 141 crore.
The CBI claimed that the contract was given by wrongfully restricting and eliminating competition from other suppliers in pre-mediated manner.
During the hearing, the CBI also submitted case diaries in the court.
Till now seven people including Kalmadi have been arrested in connection with the Commonwealth Games scam. The others who have been arrested include Verma, Lalit Bhanot, Sanjay Mohindroo, M Jayachandran, TS Darbai and Kalmadi's personal assistant Shekhar Deorukhkar.
CBI questions Swiss Timing in TSR case
CBI has asked Swiss Timing to clarify its stand on alleged irregularities in the award of contract for installing Timing, Scoring and Results system
during Commonwealth Games, a case in which sacked OC chairman Suresh Kalamadi has been arrested.
The Switzerland-based company has been asked to file a statement in this regard before a team of officials from the agency officials, who are currently in the European country in connection with a separate probe.
The agency has asked the company to file its statement and reply to the questions raised by the team of officials, official sources said.
The agency has filed an FIR alleging irregularities in the awarding of Rs 141 crore contract to Swiss Timing for the Timing, Scoring and Results system during the Commonwealth Games.
Sacked CWG Organising Committee Chairman Suresh Kalmadi along with several other officials have been arrested by CBI for allegedly awarding the contract at an inflated rate of Rs 141 crore.
"It is alleged that officials of the CWG Organising Committee had conspired with the representatives of the private firm in Switzerland and contract for TSR was awarded by wrongfully restricting and eliminating competition from
other suppliers in a pre-mediated and planned manner," a senior official had earlier said.
The official said the investigation had revealed that the committee for shortlisting prospective bidders was constituted by selecting "hand-picked" officials.
Kalmadi's close aide and OC's Secretary General Lalit Bhanot and Director General V K Verma were also arrested in the same case.
With additional information from PTI
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