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Former Chairman of the Commonwealth Organising Committee, Mr Suresh Kalmadi, was arrested here on Monday by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI).
In a statement, the CBI said Mr Kalmadi was arrested for “conspiracy to cause favour to a private firm based in Switzerland in awarding the contract for Timing, Scoring and Result System at an inflated cost of Rs 141 crore”.
On March 23, Commonwealth Organising Committee's Secretary-General and Director-General were arrested .
According to the CBI statement, investigation revealed that members of the tenders evaluation committee were “coerced and threatened” to disqualify other bidders. Also, Indian representatives of the favoured supplier were in regular contact with the three arrested Organising Committee officials much before the award of the tender. “Wrongful loss of approximately Rs 95 crore was caused to the public exchequer,” it added.
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