NEW DELHI: Commonwealth Games chief organizer Suresh Kalmadi slipped into deeper trouble with a former aide moving a city court to surrender in a graft case and cooperate with investigations just when the Central Bureau of Investigation readies to question the Pune MP on Monday.
Sacked Organizing Committee official Sanjay Mohindroo's application to surrender in one of two cases relating to the Queen Baton Relay states his willingness to cooperate with CBI. "I want to surrender myself in the case RC-42. I want to come before CBI and I am willing to respond to questions of the investigating agency. I am ready to answer the queries of the agency," the plea states.
The former OC deputy director-general's plea is worrying for Kalmadi as one other sacked official, T S Darbari, is believed to have agreed to cooperate with CBI. Darbari claimed he had nothing to do with CWG tenders and wrote to the CBI director on November 3 naming the officials involved.
CBI sources said the agency will assess just what Mohindroo has to say but seemed confident that they will be able to act against Kalmadi soon. If Darbari and Mohindroo actually agree to depose against him the agency may well be in a position to file a chargesheet against the OC boss.
Mohindroo moved the application to the Special CBI Judge at Patiala House court on Thursday. He is an accused in the award of contracts for cars and other facilities for a CWG function in London in October, 2009. The charges relate to forgery and criminal conspiracy.
Talking to TOI on Thursday, Mohindroo's lawyer said, "We have moved an application where my client is ready to answer the questions of CBI." The court asked CBI to file a reply by January 25. Asked about the relevance of Mohindroo's offer to help CBI, an officer said, "He is an accused in the case. It will depend on what he tells us because there is evidence against him as well and he was in the team of officials who went to London for the Queens Baton Relay ! (QBR) in 2009."
Mohindroo had reportedly not given satisfactory replies to the agency during his CBI custody after his arrest on November 15 last year. He wants to speak to CBI in the AM Films case, in which he has been named as accused with Darbari and Jaychandran. He is also an accused in AM Cars and A M Vans FIR along with Darbari and owner of these companies Ashish Patel.
Mohindroo was released on bail by a Delhi court on January 15. CBI alleged "he and T S Darbari connived with Ashish Patel to award the work of installation of video screens at the venue of Queen's Baton Relay, at exorbitant rates, to his company. The contract was awarded purportedly on the basis of fake quotations and without following the standard procedure".
Darbari shared information regarding tender/awarding process with the agency in November. He claimed that the "decision regarding the approval of the QBR tender to AM Films and AM Cars came from top including Suresh Kalmadi".
Sacked Organizing Committee official Sanjay Mohindroo's application to surrender in one of two cases relating to the Queen Baton Relay states his willingness to cooperate with CBI. "I want to surrender myself in the case RC-42. I want to come before CBI and I am willing to respond to questions of the investigating agency. I am ready to answer the queries of the agency," the plea states.
The former OC deputy director-general's plea is worrying for Kalmadi as one other sacked official, T S Darbari, is believed to have agreed to cooperate with CBI. Darbari claimed he had nothing to do with CWG tenders and wrote to the CBI director on November 3 naming the officials involved.
CBI sources said the agency will assess just what Mohindroo has to say but seemed confident that they will be able to act against Kalmadi soon. If Darbari and Mohindroo actually agree to depose against him the agency may well be in a position to file a chargesheet against the OC boss.
Mohindroo moved the application to the Special CBI Judge at Patiala House court on Thursday. He is an accused in the award of contracts for cars and other facilities for a CWG function in London in October, 2009. The charges relate to forgery and criminal conspiracy.
Talking to TOI on Thursday, Mohindroo's lawyer said, "We have moved an application where my client is ready to answer the questions of CBI." The court asked CBI to file a reply by January 25. Asked about the relevance of Mohindroo's offer to help CBI, an officer said, "He is an accused in the case. It will depend on what he tells us because there is evidence against him as well and he was in the team of officials who went to London for the Queens Baton Relay ! (QBR) in 2009."
Mohindroo had reportedly not given satisfactory replies to the agency during his CBI custody after his arrest on November 15 last year. He wants to speak to CBI in the AM Films case, in which he has been named as accused with Darbari and Jaychandran. He is also an accused in AM Cars and A M Vans FIR along with Darbari and owner of these companies Ashish Patel.
Mohindroo was released on bail by a Delhi court on January 15. CBI alleged "he and T S Darbari connived with Ashish Patel to award the work of installation of video screens at the venue of Queen's Baton Relay, at exorbitant rates, to his company. The contract was awarded purportedly on the basis of fake quotations and without following the standard procedure".
Darbari shared information regarding tender/awarding process with the agency in November. He claimed that the "decision regarding the approval of the QBR tender to AM Films and AM Cars came from top including Suresh Kalmadi".
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