Complaint against Sheila and Kalmadi maintainable: Court

The court of Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Manish Yaduvanshi issued notice to the DCP and Additional DCP of the Economic Offences Wing,noting there was “deliberate attempt” and “unnecessary delay” in filing a reply to queries by the court.

The DCP and Additional DCP have been summoned on September 26 with “proper reports” as sought by the court on the complaint filed by RTI activist Vivek Garg.

In his complaint,Garg alleged that there was large-scale corruption during the Commonwealth Games. The complaint said the accused “conspired” and allowed huge escalation in costs of construction of Games stadia,causing waste of public money.

He said police failed to register an FIR against the CM and others.

In December 2011,the court asked police to furnish a query-wise reply on whether the complaint disclosed any cognisable offence and what action has been taken on it.

In a status report,police said: “As matters related to CWG are already being investigated by CBI,all complaints have been sent to CBI.”

The court had also raised the question of why the complaint had been transferred to the CBI when the state police had no power to transfer cases to the agency without official sanction.

Speaking to Newsline after the court proceedings,Garg said the court order implied that the EOW would now have to register an FIR against the CM and the others or would be ordered to do so on the next date of hearing.

Responding to the court’s observations,PWD Minister Raj Kumar Chauhan said the Shunglu Committee and the CBI had “given a clean chit to the government in the matter” and that “the government is ready for any probe”.

FOR FAIR PROBE,CM MUST GO: BJP

New Delhi: The Delhi BJP on Friday demanded Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit’s resignation to ensure a fair probe after a Delhi court held as “maintainable” a complaint against her and others alleging involvement in corruption during the 2010 Commonwealth Games. “The Chief Minister must resign to ensure a fair probe into the allegations. She has lost the moral right to remain Chief Minister of Delhi after the court order,” Delhi BJP president Vijender Gupta said. He also demanded immediate filing of FIRs against those involved in graft in Commonwealth Games projects.