CWG scam: CBI to seek more British help in second Kalmadi case
Kalmadi can be booked in a second case for payments made to the UK firm for hire of cars, screens and portable toilets for the baton relay.
By Devesh Kumar, ET Bureau | Updated:
NEW DELHI: The Central Bureau of Investigation will seek British assistance for securing additional information on alleged irregularities committed by the Commonwealth Games Organising Committee in awarding a contract to AM Films and AM Cars and Vans.
The services of AM Films and AM Cars and Vans were utilised during the Queen's Baton Relay in London in October, 2009.
CBI will file a supplementary letter rogatory, which will be sent to London by mid-May. It will contain queries framed on the basis of information garnered by two sleuths who held discussions with British authorities in London earlier this month, according to a CBI source.
The duo had fruitful discussions with British authorities, including the brass of Scotland Yard, which is in the process of gathering information for CBI, the source added. The CBI team questioned Ashish Patel, the British owner of AM Film and AM Cars, twice, during their London visit. The agency is said to have urged Scotland Yard to record his statement.
Patel has sought two weeks to make a statement. The source said that Patel's statement will show whether he was ready to co-operate with CBI. If he remains unhelpful, CBI plans to seek his extradition.
With the Games organising committee chief Suresh Kalmadi behind bars in connection with the timing scam, CBI is hoping that Patel will co-operate. Kalmadi can be booked in a second case for payments made to the UK firm for hire of cars, screens and portable toilets for the baton relay.
Kalmadi and his associates on the Games organising committee are accused of being predetermined in awarding the contract to the Patel-owned firms. No contract was made with the firm on the plea that the committee had to respond to last-minute demands by British authorities. CBI has proof that the organisers were in touch with Patel much earlier but Kalmadi later authorised payments to the firm, quoting paucity of time.
CBI is confident of filing a chargesheet in the two cases within a couple of months. The probe into the cases are on fast-track and the agency is hoping to collect enough evidence to nail the culprits.
The services of AM Films and AM Cars and Vans were utilised during the Queen's Baton Relay in London in October, 2009.
CBI will file a supplementary letter rogatory, which will be sent to London by mid-May. It will contain queries framed on the basis of information garnered by two sleuths who held discussions with British authorities in London earlier this month, according to a CBI source.
The duo had fruitful discussions with British authorities, including the brass of Scotland Yard, which is in the process of gathering information for CBI, the source added. The CBI team questioned Ashish Patel, the British owner of AM Film and AM Cars, twice, during their London visit. The agency is said to have urged Scotland Yard to record his statement.
Patel has sought two weeks to make a statement. The source said that Patel's statement will show whether he was ready to co-operate with CBI. If he remains unhelpful, CBI plans to seek his extradition.
With the Games organising committee chief Suresh Kalmadi behind bars in connection with the timing scam, CBI is hoping that Patel will co-operate. Kalmadi can be booked in a second case for payments made to the UK firm for hire of cars, screens and portable toilets for the baton relay.
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Kalmadi and his associates on the Games organising committee are accused of being predetermined in awarding the contract to the Patel-owned firms. No contract was made with the firm on the plea that the committee had to respond to last-minute demands by British authorities. CBI has proof that the organisers were in touch with Patel much earlier but Kalmadi later authorised payments to the firm, quoting paucity of time.
CBI is confident of filing a chargesheet in the two cases within a couple of months. The probe into the cases are on fast-track and the agency is hoping to collect enough evidence to nail the culprits.
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