In the year 2011 - 12, on the basis of various reports of corruption related to the Commonwealth Games surfacing, the Central Vigilance Commissioner directed the CBI to probe the matter, and in its full-fledged investigation, specific charges were made against Congress MP Suresh Kalmadi, the former Union minister and controversial chief of the Organising Committee ; and some of Mr Kalmadi's closest aides including Lalit Bhanot, the Secretary General of the Organising Committee and VK Verma, the Director General. The CBI framed charges against Suresh Kalmadi and nine others today for allegedly cheating, conspiring and causing a loss of over Rs. 90 crore to the exchequer in a Commonwealth Games or CWG-related corruption case and subsequently arrested them.
"A total of 30 projects or contracts, valued at RS 3,500 crore (approximately) were taken up for technical examination, from 2008 onwards, and as per the report a number of complaints questioning the quality of works executed and justifiability about the cost escalation were also received. Some of these complaints were directly enquired by the commission and others were referred to CBI and Chief Vigilance Officers.
The Commonwealth Games was mired in alleged corruption in several projects executed by Delhi government and private organisations. Prime Minister Manmohanh Singh had also announced a High Level Committee (HLC) to look into the allegations of corruption. Six reports submitted by the HLC are being examined by a Group of Ministers .
Now after three years in 2013, the finance ministry has issued tax demand notices of at least Rs 240 crore to some private companies and individuals who were involved in the conduct of 2010 Commonwealth Games-related projects, after the CVC detected huge tax evasion,according to annual report of Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) for 2012, which was tabled in the Parliament recently.
The cunning question now must be asked what happened to the role of the Congress leaders like Suresh Kalmadi or the factual status of the allegation on Delhi CM Sheila Dixit in the corruption scam ? Are they separately treated without any connection with the companies now served with notices ? If so why ?