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CWG scam: Darbari, Mahendroo sent to six days CBI custody | | A Delhi court on Tuesday sent sacked Commonwealth Games Organising Committee (CGOC) Director General T S Darbari and Deputy Director General Sanjay Mahendroo to six-days
Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) custody after the investigating agency said it has recovered 'voluminous incriminating' documents from their houses and CWG
office revealing graft. "Accused are required to be confronted with voluminous
incriminating documents recovered from the residential premises of the accused
and from the office of the Organising Committee of CWG, 2010," the CBI told the
court while seeking to interrogate them in custody. The investigating agency further
said the custodial interrogation of the accused duo was required to unearth the
alleged money trail to the tune of 1.4 lakh pounds relating to Queen's Baton Relay
held in London last year. Agreeing to the appeal, Special CBI Judge A S Yadav
sent both Darbari and Mahendroo to CBI's custody till November 22. "Both the accused
were arrested only yesterday. Their further custodial interrogation is required
to unearth the conspiracy and the names of other possible co-accused," the court
said. Earlier on Monday, the CBI arrested Darbari and Mahendroo over the financial
irregularities case pertaining to the 2010 Games. The names of Darbari and Mahendroo
figured in the investigations into alleged irregularities into services provided
during the Queen's Baton Relay in London. Darbari was earlier suspended along
with Mahendroo after irregularities were revealed in payouts to a UK-based firm,
which provided services such as car rentals during the Queen''s Baton Relay launch
in London. Earlier today, the investigating agency filed two separate cases involving
UK-based A M Films and former officials of CWG Organising Committee on charges
of forgery and cheating in organising Queen's Baton Relay in London. The CBI later
carried out searches at some places in the national capital region including office
of CWG Organising Committee. The first case names London-based A M Car/Van Services
and its owner Ashish Patel besides Darbari, Mahendroo and Singh under sections
468 (forgery of court records and public documents), 471 (Using forged documents
as genuine), 120-B (criminal conspiracy) of IPC and Prevention of Corruption Act.
The second case involves London-based A M Films, Patel, Mahendroo, Darbari and
others under sections 420 (cheating), 120-B (criminal conspiracy) of IPC and Prevention
of Corruption Act. It has been reported that the CBI also questioned sacked officials
with regard to the Queen Baton Relay for which a grand function was held in London.
The CBI had begun looking into complaints related to alleged irregularities in
Queen's Baton Relay (QBR) event and is probing the documents pertaining to it,
including those related to transfer of funds.
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