Suspended Commonwealth Games Organising Committee Chairman Suresh Kalmadi was today questioned by the Central Bureau of Investigation for the second time in connection with alleged scams related to the conduct of the sporting extravaganza.

Mr Kalmadi was earlier questioned by the CBI at his residence here in December last year when teams of agency officials searched his residential and official premises in Delhi, Mumbai and Pune. His bank lockers were also searched at that time.

Three of his close aides including the former OC Secretary-General, Mr Lalit Bhanot, the former OC Director-General, Mr V.K. Verma, and his personal assistant Mr Shekhar Deorukhkar are already behind bars in connection with the alleged irregularities during the Games.

The CBI has so far registered eight cases of which three are related to restoration work of two sporting venues, two related to Queen Baton’s relay, while one each is related to overlays, contract given to Swiss Time Keeping, and the contract given to SIS live for the coverage of the Games.

Members of the Organising Committee have been made accused in four cases related to the alleged irregularities in awarding contracts of QBR, overlays and time keeping but so far Mr Kalmadi has not been named accused in the eight FIRs filed by the agency.

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