It is to mention that in morning Suresh Kalmadi was called for questioning at the CBI headquarters in connection with the alleged irregularities related to the award of contract to Swiss Timekeeping and the Queens Baton Relay(QBR) causing a loss of Rs 95 crore to the exchequer.and after four hours long interrogation, the of CWG Organizing Committee chief was announced by CBI.
The agency also arrested two other OC officials Surjeet Lal, Deputy Director General (Procurement) and A S V Prasad, Joint Director General (Sports) in the same case.
Kalmadi, who came to the headquarters of the agency in New Delhi Monday morning, was arrested at 1530 hours, a senior CBI official said.
Kalmadi, an MP from Pune, and the two other officals will be in CBI custody on Monday night and they will be produced in a court on Tuesday.
The CBI registered a case under section 120B (conspiracy) read with Section 420 (cheating) IPC and other relevant sections of Prevention of Corruption Act in the case, an official said.
"The CBI has today arrested the then Chairman of OC of Commonwealth Games-2010 for conspiracy to cause favour to a private firm based in Switzerland in awarding the contract for Timing, Scoring and Result system at an inflated cost of Rs 141 crore," CBI spokesperson Dharni Mishra told reporters.
Kalmadi's arrest came weeks after his close aide and OC's Secretary General Lalit Bhanot and Director General V K Verma were arrested in the same case. CBI officials said more arrests would follow in the case.
Shortly after Kalmadi's arrest was announced, AICC general secretary Janardhan Dwivedi said the Congress has suspended Kalmadi.
"The Disciplinary Committee(of the Congress has suspended Suresh kalmadi from the membership of the party," Dwievedi said.
Dinesh Singh Rawat Says
Suresh kalmadi is first corruption piled sheep of Congress who is not colored black but CWG white, This is to be happen soon with some more good luck my dear queen baton carrier.
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