CWG scam: Court extends judicial custody of Suresh Kalmadi and others

NEW DELHI: The judicial custody of sacked Commonwealth Games Organising Committee Chairman Suresh Kalmadi and his other associates, arrested for their alleged roles in irregular award of the Games-related contracts, was extended today till September 22 by a Delhi court.

Special CBI Judge Talwant Singh extended the judicial custody of Kalmadi and others, including former OC Secretary General Lalit Bhanot, as they appeared before the court after expiry of their custody stint in Tihar Jail.

The court also directed various counsel, appearing for the accused, as well as the prosecution to complete the scrutiny of documents by October 20 so that the trial does not get delayed.

"Complete the scrutiny of documents by October 20 because I do not want to hear excuses like there were Dussehra holidays and all," the judge said.

The court also granted more time to all the accused to respond to CBI's plea seeking separation of trial of Swiss Timing Omega, the firm which was awarded the contract to install the Timing, Scoring and Results (TSR) for the 2010 mega sporting event.

Others whose judicial custody were extended included OC's Director General V K Verma, Director General (Procurement) Surjit Lal, Joint Director General (sports) A S V Prasad, Treasurer M Jayachandran, Hyderabad businessmen A K Reddy, P D Arya and A K Madan, promoters of a Faridabad-based private company.