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Friday, August 22, 2025
Volume 16 . Issue 73
Pune: In the fifth arrest so far, a close aide of former Commonwealth Games Organizing Committee (OC) chief Suresh Kalmadi was taken into custody on Friday by the CBI from Pune in the connection with the overlays scam.
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) sleuths arrested Sekhar Deorukhkar, the secretary of Suresh Kalmadi, and produced him before a court here.
Later the CBI was given three days' transit remand of the person for questioning in New Delhi where he was being taken.
The arrests are made in the awarding of contracts for overlays at different Games venues at fancy rates, CBI said.
Suresh Deorukhkar is the fifth person to be arrested in the Commonwealth Games scam.
On Jan 18, a businessman, Binu Nanu, was arrested by the CBI for his involvement in the CWG overlay scam.
TS Darbari, M Jayachandran and Sanjay Mohindroo , all aides of Kalmadi, were arrested earlier, but they later got bail.
The CBI earlier raided the homes and offices of the OC officials while Kalmadi himself faces a probe by the federal investigating agency.
Suresh Kalmadi, a Congress MP from Pune, is accused of indulging in various financial scams involving the organization of the Games in Oct 2010.
India faced humiliation before the entire world in the run up to the Games owing to shabby preparations. The Games which, however, concluded without any major hitch and Indian athletes brought several accolades to the nation.
Pune: In the fifth arrest so far, a close aide of former Commonwealth Games Organizing Committee (OC) chief Suresh Kalmadi was taken into custody on Friday by the CBI from Pune in the connection with the overlays scam. The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) sleuths arrested Sekhar Deorukhkar,...
Pune: In the fifth arrest so far, a close aide of former Commonwealth Games Organizing Committee (OC) chief Suresh Kalmadi was taken into custody on Friday by the CBI from Pune in the connection with the overlays scam.
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) sleuths arrested Sekhar Deorukhkar, the secretary of Suresh Kalmadi, and produced him before a court here.
Later the CBI was given three days' transit remand of the person for questioning in New Delhi where he was being taken.
The arrests are made in the awarding of contracts for overlays at different Games venues at fancy rates, CBI said.
Suresh Deorukhkar is the fifth person to be arrested in the Commonwealth Games scam.
On Jan 18, a businessman, Binu Nanu, was arrested by the CBI for his involvement in the CWG overlay scam.
TS Darbari, M Jayachandran and Sanjay Mohindroo , all aides of Kalmadi, were arrested earlier, but they later got bail.
The CBI earlier raided the homes and offices of the OC officials while Kalmadi himself faces a probe by the federal investigating agency.
Suresh Kalmadi, a Congress MP from Pune, is accused of indulging in various financial scams involving the organization of the Games in Oct 2010.
India faced humiliation before the entire world in the run up to the Games owing to shabby preparations. The Games which, however, concluded without any major hitch and Indian athletes brought several accolades to the nation.
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