CWG scam: CBI probes BJP leader Sudhanshu Mittal

In connection with its probe into the Commonwealth Games held in New Delhi last year, the CBI today questioned  BJP leader Sudhanshu Mittal for nearly seven hours on his association with with Deepali Designs and Exhibits that got overlays contract worth Rs 230 crore and is under the scanner. CBI had registered a case in overlays scam on 6 January 2011 , booking Organising Committee official VK Verma for the alleged irregularities in Rs 600-crore contracts. In the overlays scam, CBI had arrested former Deputy Director General of Organising Committee for Commonwealth Games VK Verma and four others, including former Additional Director General of CWG Organising Committee KUK Reddy and supplier Praveen Bakshi, a close aide of former OC Chairman Suresh Kalmadi, Deorukhkar Shekhar and Director GL Events and Meroform India Binu Nanu. [caption id=“attachment_33865” align=“alignleft” width=“380” caption=“Reuters”]  [/caption] CBI has alleged top officials of the Organising Committee had entered into a criminal conspiracy with officials of private companies in awarding contracts  for overlays for different venues of CWG-2010 at exorbitant rates. Overlays works included supply of tents, marquees, prefabricated units, portable toilets, containers, security fences, furniture, public display LED boards and other such facilities. PTI