Summons to Kalmadi, soon

ED and IT officials in final stages of scrutiny of papers

ED and IT officials in final stages of scrutiny of papers

The multi-agency probe into the Commonwealth Games 'scam' may bear some fruit soon.Enforcement Directorate and Income Tax officials are likely to issue summons to senior Organising Committee (OC) officials soon as part of their probe into alleged corruption during the run-up to the sporting extravaganza.

Raising the Pitch: Kalmadi is among 23 top officials from CWG 2010 who
are on the radar of probe agencies. file pic

Official sources said both ED and I-T officials are in the final stages of scrutinising the documents that they had obtained about the Games.

The agencies are also likely to push in for handing over certain documents related to monetary transactions undertaken by the OC.

Both the investigating agencies have already obtained a "fair amount" of details about the banking transactions undertaken by the Games body.

Sources said the agencies will now turn the heat on the entire case since the Games have ended.
The ED as well as the I-T department is already probing allegations of corruption committed by the OC much before the Games.

Though no case has been registered so far, sources said they were conducting a 'source probe'. This kind of a probe is undertaken by various agencies to find out if there is any foul play in any transaction and deal.
Under this, the agencies can also conduct raids and call for documents. If any thing is found to be against the stipulated laws, then only a case is registered.

On Target

The Government has drawn up a list of 23 officials whose role in "organising and conducting" the games will be probed.
They include the Suresh Kalmadi, Chairman of the Commonwealth Games Organising Committee, Delhi's Lieutenant Governor Tejinder Khanna as the head of the DDA, responsible for the athlete's village, former Urban Development secretary and the finance committee of the OC, headed by GC Chaturvedi, an Additional Secretary in the Ministry of Finance.

Deep rot

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has sent notices to the Royal Bank of Scotland in London and to its Indian representative for providing all transaction details of payments made by the OC. The ED investigation is focused on trailing the ultimate beneficiaries of the payments made to four major CWG consultants - Event Knowledge Services, Fast Track Sales Ltd, Sports Marketing And Management (SMAM) and AM Films. Preliminary findings of the probe carried out by the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) had revealed that undue favour had been shown to London-based Fast Track Sales Ltd.