The Indian Olympic Association (IOA) wants the Commonwealth Games Federation’s (CGF) Chief Executive Mike Hooper to be sent back from India because of, among other things, his alleged indiscipline. One of the cases that IOA officials have been highlighting deals with one A.K. Kesri, a director in the office of the Organising Committee’s Secretary General Lalit Bhanot. Kesri had written a letter of complaint to IOA President Suresh Kalmadi on July 27, 2009 alleging that Hooper had misbehaved with him, almost broken his spectacles, and that he was “always whistling during his movements in the office building”. This letter is reproduced below, on the left. In response, Kalmadi shot off a letter, dated July 31, to CGF president Mike Fennell, bringing the “unfortunate incident” to his notice. This letter is reproduced below, on the right:

Organising Committee Commonwealth Games Delhi 2010

July 27, 2009

To

The Chairman

OC CWG Delhi 2010

Sub: Misbehaviour and use of unparliamentary words by Mr Mike Hooper, CEO, CGF

Sir,

I, A. K. Kesri, Director, Office of Secretary General was operating on the work station in front of the Vice Chairman’s Office due to space constraint in front of S.G. Office.

Today, on 27th July 2009 at about 10:30 A.M. Mr Mike Hooper was trying to open the office chamber of Vice Chairman. When he failed to open the door he came in front of my work station and starting shouting at me that who has changed the lock of this room. As I was unaware of the development I asked him “what happened”. He replied that he is having the key of this room but lock is not opening which means somebody has changed the lock. I told him that it may be under instructions from competent authority which is not known to me. He again started shouting at me using the filthy language and thrown the key on my face. Fortunately I escaped from damage of my spectacles. I told Mike Hooper that this is not a gentleman’s behaviour and he should behave properly. Then he started threatening me that he is going to complain and he will teach a lesson to me.

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