ED questions Kalmadi, two others in Tihar

New Delhi, Jun 3 (PTI) The Indian Enforcement
Directorate Friday questioned jailed former Commonwealth Games
Organising Committee Chairman Suresh Kalmadi and two others in
connection with the money laundering case registered by it in
conduct of the sporting event last year.
A preliminary statement of Kalmadi was recorded by the
officials of the ED at Tihar prisons here under the provisions
of the Prevention of the Money Laundering Act (PMLA).
Statements of two other officials, OC Joint Director
General (Sport) A S V Prasad and Deputy Director General
(Procurement) Surjit Lal have also been recorded in Tihar, ED
sources said.
Friday's questioning, however, was a brief one and
further recording of statement will take place later. The ED
has registered about five different cases of money laundering
in the conduct of the Games that were organised here last
year.
According to sources, Kalmadi was asked for some basic
information Friday and a detailed statement of investments and
transactions in both his personal and OC Chairman capacities
will take place soon.
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), India's
premier investigation agency, in its charge sheet against
Kalmadi had described him as the "main accused" in a
corruption case relating to irregularities in awarding the
Time Scoring Results (TSR) contract to a Swiss firm.
"Kalmadi is the main accused as he was the person with
all supreme powers. He had the supreme over riding powers in
the Organising Committee of the CWG, 2010," the CBI charge
sheet had said.
Kalmadi and the two other officials were arrested by
the CBI on April 25.