A Delhi court on Tuesday remanded the former top Commonwealth Games Organising Committee officials Lalit Bhanot and V.K. Verma to Tihar Jail under 14-day judicial custody till March 15 for their alleged involvement in an `107 crores deal with a Swiss firm to provide various logistic supports for the sports extravaganza.
Allowing the CBI plea that the investigation into the case was still going on, Special Judge Talwant Singh remanded the accused duo in judicial custody till March 15.
The court also allowed both the accused to carry spectacles and medicines to the Tihar jail prescribed to them.
Mr Bhanot, former secretary-general of the OC, and `Verma, former director-general of the OC, were arrested on February 23 by the CBI for a custodial interrogation for their alleged role in the scam.
Mr Bhanot and Mr Verma were among the key personnel in the OC and were deeply involved and instrumental in allotment of contracts for Timing, Scoring and Result (TSR) System to Swiss Timing in a pre-planned manner.