The Central Bureau of Investigation, which is investigating various cases of alleged corruption in the conduct of the Commonwealth games (CWG), has recently collected documents related to the contracts awarded to some companies for the playing surface tracks for different stadia in Delhi for the Games.
According to sources, the agency is looking into who cleared the specifications of the playing surface tracks and the circumstances under which specific companies were awarded the contracts for supplying the same.
The agency is planning to question certain top brass of the Organising Committee (OC) of the CWG and some government officials in this regard, sources added. The agency also questioned P.K. Srivastava, secretary to Mr Kalmadi, in this regard on Thursday.
Sources further said, “The CBI is also planning to question the chiefs of different sports federations in this regard as specifications were given by them. The reports about some ineligible companies being awarded the contracts for supply the playing tracks because of alleged vested interest of certain federation heads is also being probed.”
Meanwhile, the OC has been asked by the government to make payments to foreign contractors at the earliest. The high commissions of Australia, Italy, France and the United Kingdom recently wrote to the Central ministries concerned seeking expeditious clearance of payments to the tune of around `350 crores by the OC to the contractors of their respective countries who supplied equipment for the Games.