CWG scam: Kalmadi aides Darbari, Mahendroo arrested

NEW DELHI: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Monday arrested two former officials of the Commonwealth Games (CWG) Organising Committee, T.S. Darbari and Sanjay Mahindroo, who are allegedly involved in the Queen's Baton Relay scam, CBI DIG Anurag said.

TS Darbari and Sanjay Mahendroo, who were close aides of former CWG organising committee's chief Suresh Kalmadi, has been detained from their residences on Monday, Nov 15. Darbari was the joint director general of the Commonwealth Games Organising Committee, where as Mahendroo was the joint director general of the CWG OC.

Darbari and Mahendroo were suspended initially after reports of scam started appearing in the media. Both the officials were sacked later.

Earlier, the CBI has filed two separate cases involving UK-based A M Films and former officials of CWG Organising Committee on charges of forgery and cheating in organising Queen's Baton Relay in London.

Immediately after registering the cases, the CBI carried out searches at four places in the national capital region including office of CWG Organising Committee.

The first case names London-based A M Car/Van Services and its owner Ashish Patel besides Darbari, Mahendroo and Singh under sections 468 (forgery of court records and public documents), 471 (Using forged documents as genuine), 120-B (criminal conspiracy) of IPC and Prevention of Corruption Act.

The second case involves London-based A M Films, Patel, Mahendroo, Darbari and others under sections 420 (cheating), 120-B (criminal conspiracy) of IPC and Prevention of Corruption Act.

The CBI had started looking into complaints related to alleged irregularities in Queen's Baton Relay (QBR) event and is examining documents pertaining to it, including those related to transfer of funds.

The Enforcement Directorate had registered its first case under FEMA in CWG after British authorities referred to the Indian High Commission a matter regarding A M Films, a little-known London-based company, to which a huge sum of money was transferred through the Royal Bank of Scotland.