New Delhi: Former Commonwealth Games Organising Committee general secretary Lalit Bhanot and former director general VK Verma have been sent to five days of police custody. The duo, considered to be very close to sacked Commonwealth Games Organising Committee chairman Suresh Kalmadi, was sent to police custody on Thursday by Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) special judge Talwant Singh.
They were arrested on Wednesday by the CBI in connection with irregularities in the Rs 107 crore time-keeping contract awarded to Swiss company Omega for the Games.
The Organising Committee got bidding from two companies, Omega and MS Spain and rates offered by the latter were much lower. But the Organising Committee chose to go with Omega even though the price quoted by the Swiss company was almost double the price from other bidders.
Bhanot was sacked from the Commonwealth Games Organising Committee on January 24 2011 after three months of investigation by the CBI into the financial irregularities in connection with the Games held in October 2010.
Both Bhanot and Verma were grilled by CBI officials at the investigating agency's headquarters on Wednesday in connection with details relating to the contract given to the Swiss time-keeping company.
Bhanot has been claiming that all the decisions related to the Commonwealth Games were taken keeping government officials in the loop. Sources say Kalmadi is likely to be arrested soon.
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