Kalmadi aide arrested in CWG overlays scam
CBI today arrested Deorukhkar Shekhar, a close aide of former Commonwealth Games Organising Committee Chairman Suresh Kalmadi, in Pune in connection with multi-crore rupee overlays scam in the mega sporting event held last year.
The agency had registered a fresh case under various sections of the law for award of contracts for overlays at different venues for Commonwealth Games at exorbitant rates, a CBI spokesperson said here.
Personal Assistant of Kalmadi, Shekhar was produced before a court in Pune for transit remand. Nearly Rs 600 crore of contracts relating to the overlays project are under the scanner.
Overlays works included supply of tents, marquees, prefabricated units, portable toilets, containers, security fences, furniture, public display LED boards, floor finishes, material handling equipment, gensets, cabling, UPS, air-conditioners, lighting, civil construction, athletic exercise equipment and grandstands.
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on Feb 11 2011. Filed under Breaking News.
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