CBI asks UK officials to file cases

The crime was committed on their soil and they need to probe into the alleged dealings

In a bid to mount pressure on the former Organising Committee (OC) chairman,Suresh Kalmadi,the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI),probing the Queens Baton Relay (QBR) case,is learnt to have asked the London authorities to register a case against A M Films and OC officials. The agency has already registered two cases. The letters rogatory (LR) were sent to the UK last month by the CBI and a team was sent recently to assist the authorities in investigations there.

According to the CBI,during the visit of its officials,the case of A M Cars and A M Films involving its director Ashish Patel was taken up with the London authorities. We have asked the Serious Fraud Investigation Office (SFIO) at London to register a case into the alleged scam. The crime was committed on their soil and they need to probe into the alleged dealings. The authorities had taken slew of measures against A M Films and its director, said a CBI official.

The agency,which has so far not been able to nail Kalmadi despite registering several cases,is trying to get additional evidence against the sacked chairman from London.

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The registration of criminal cases by London authorities,say sources,will also help the agency to gather evidence against former OC officials T S Darbari,Sanjay Mohindroo and M Jeychandran.

All three were arrested by the CBI in November last year,but were granted bail by the court after the CBI was unable to file a chargesheet against them within 60 days.

Officials who were part of the team that went to the UK said that they have provided a list of 12 companies which were given the task by A M Films during the QBR.

These firms are based in the United Kingdom and have undertaken sundry work during the baton relay. The work was sublet by A M Films and was related to installation of three video screens near the Buckingham Palace, added an official.

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The agency had sent the first LR regarding the installations of the video screen in February this year while the second LR was sent in March in which it was alleged that OC officials awarded work to A M Cars and Vans on false premise that the firm was on the panel of the Indian High Commission in London.

Two emails were allegedly forged by the OC officials to justify the selection of the firm.

The case has been registered under sections of cheating,forgery,criminal conspiracy and prevention of corruption act.

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