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Kalmadi
walks out smiling after CBI questioning
Wednesday January 05, 2011 09:11:13 PM,
IANS
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here and in Pune in connection with irregularities in the conduct
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New Delhi: Unfazed by
the over eight hours of questioning in connection with allegations
of financial irregularities ahead of the Commonwealth Games,
Organising Committee chairman Suresh Kalmadi walked out smiling
from the CBI headquarters here Wednesday evening.
Kalmadi walked into the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI)
headquarters Wednesday morning and came out only around 6.50 p.m.
A smiling Kalmadi walked out and stepped into his car without
making any comments or answering any questions from the waiting
media persons.
The CBI is probing irregularities in the award of contracts during
the Queen's Baton Relay ceremony in London in October 2009 as also
wrongdoing in awarding a contract of Rs.107 crore for procuring
timing equipment for the athletics event of the Games.
Sources said the questioning centred around the overlays contract,
A.M. films deal and the purchase of the aerostat - one of the main
attractions of the mega sporting event.
Officials added that he may be called for interrogation again
after CBI matches his answers with records.
The Delhi and Pune homes of Kalmadi including the Organising
Committee's office were raided by the CBI Dec 24 and stacks of
documents, laptops and computer discs were seized in the
eight-hour-long searches. The raids came two months after the mega
event concluded amid allegations of major financial
irregularities.
Kalmadi has been insisting that he is innocent and is ready to
face any investigation over charges of financial wrongdoing in the
conduct of the Oct 3-14 Games.
Three of Kalmadi's aides - Organising Committee joint director T.S.
Darbari, Deputy Director General Sanjay Mohindroo and former
treasurer M. Jayachandran - are already in jail.
The agency has so far filed three complaints of alleged
irregularities in the CWG preparations. Two of the first
information reports are about the contract to AM Films, a firm in
London, for the Queen's Baton Relay function.
The third is related to Rs.107 crore spent on overlays at the CWG
Village and other Games venues.
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