Click to play videoNew Delhi: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Friday conducted raids at the premises of Commonwealth Games Organising Committee officials.
Raids were conducted at the premises of AK Saxena, Nikesh Jain, RP Gupta, KUK Reddy and Sujith Lal. The CBI also conducted raids at the premises of an overlays supplier Praveen Bakshi.
An FIR was filed against these officials in the CWG overlays scam.
There have been large scale allegations of corruption in the CWG overlays scam. Overlays works included the supply of tents, portable toilets and air conditioners.
The overlays also included irregularities in bids for LED boards, athletic equipment, furniture etc
The CWG overlays scam is estimated to be over Rs 600 crore.
Suresh Kalmadi's Personal Assistant Shekhar Deorukhkar was earlier arrested for his role in the scam.
The agency had conducted a number of searches in certain premises across the country in early January in connection with the scam in the Games.
The overlays contracts are also under the scanner of the Income Tax Department and the Enforcement Directorate.
Earlier, the CBI had also arrested the head of event management companies Meroform India and GL Events Beenu Nanu, senior CWG officials TS Darbari, Sanjay Mohindroo and M Jayachandran in connection to the CWG scam. Out of the four, Darbari, Mohindroo and Jayachandran, have already been granted bail.
(With additional information from PTI)
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