Shilpa got Rs 71.73L for CWG event at Suresh Kalmadi's behest

Shilpa got Rs 71.73L for CWG event at Suresh Kalmadi's behest
Wednesday, February 06, 2013 13:51 IST
Actress was paid huge sum at the behest of Suresh Kalmadi, says court probing CWG scam

Two accused in the Commonwealth Games (CWG) scam paid Rs 71.73 lakh for Shilpa Shetty's performance in the closing ceremony of 2008 CWG Youth Games at Pune "merely to fulfil the last moment wish" of Suresh Kalmadi.

A Delhi court dealing with a CWG related corruption case Monday said that two of the accused had paid Rs 71.73 lakh for actor Shilpa Shetty's performance in the closing ceremony of 2008 CWG Youth Games at Pune "merely to fulfil the last moment wish" of Suresh Kalmadi.

The court, which put sacked CWG Organising Committee chief Kalmadi and others on trial for the offences under various sections of the IPC and the Prevention of Corruption Act, observed that promoters of Faridabad -based Gem International, PD Arya and AK Madan, paid Rs 71.73 lakh to for Shetty's performance.

According to court sources, Arya and Madan, who were representing Swiss Timing, which was "illegally" awarded the contract to install Timing, Scoring and Results (TSR) system for the 2010 CWG at inflated rates, had paid the money which was "arranged beyond the scope of work".


Sources said the court, in its order, has noted that both the accused were associated with the CWG Youth Games 2008 and had paid Rs 71,73,950 at Kalmadi's instance through cheque on October 30, 2008 to event managment company handling Shetty's performance.

Besides Kalmadi, Special CBI Judge Ravinder Kaur also framed charges against OC Secretary General Lalit Bhanot, Arya, Madan and others for criminal conspiracy, forgery, cheating and other offences entailing life imprisonment as maximum punishment.

The accused were chargesheeted by the CBI for "illegally" awarding a contract to install TSR system for the 2010 Games to Swiss Timing at inflated rates causing a loss of over Rs 90 crore to the exchequer.

The court had on December 21, 2012 passed the order on framing of charges under various provisions of the IPC and the PC Act against Kalmadi and other accused in the case.
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