CBI arrests Kalmadi for role in CWG scams

Apr 25, 2011 |

New Delhi

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The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has arrested sacked Commonwealth Games (CWG) Organising Committee chairman Suresh Kalmadi in connection with his role in the AM Films and TSR scams.

The arrest order was carried out after the CBI had questioned Kalmadi extensively on the two incidents, particularly on the documents relating to the two deals.

The CBI had asked Kalmadi to appear on Monday to clarify some new issues which had surfaced during the visit of the agency's officials to London in connection with the Queen's Baton Relay scam.

Kalmadi had earlier expressed his inability to appear before the CBI citing a foreign visit, saying he would return home only after April 19. But even after returning from his visit abroad, he did not turn up saying, he was still not in Delhi, sources have revealed.

Kalmadi has been accused of sanctioning payments to AM Films and AM Car at rates that were hugely inflated.

The AM Car and Van Hire company in London was engaged during Queen's Baton Relay in 2009 to provide services like taxis for the guests and OC members. The AM films was hired to provide display monitors during the event.

Earlier Kalmadi's aides had justified hiring AM Films and AM Car by saying that other bids were not competitive. But now, the CBI has found that the names of other bidders given by Kalmadi were all forged and fake.

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