Owner of firms that handled baton relay banned in England from doing business

The section particularly deals with disqualification procedures for a director of an insolvent firm.

Patel is in news after his firms — AM Cars and Vans and AM Films — were allegedly paid 2.45 lakh pounds for its “services” during the baton relay last year.

The CBI today filed two separate cases involving UK-based A M Films and former officials of CWG Organising Committee on alleged charges of forgery and cheating in the organising Queen’s Baton Relay in London.

The first case names London-based AM Car and Van Services and its owner Patel besides T S Darbari,sacked joint director general of the CWG Organising Committee,Sanjay Mahendroo,OC deputy director-general,and Raj Singh,a Director level officer in the OC,under Sections 468 (forgery of court records and public documents),471 (using forged documents as genuine),120-B (criminal conspiracy) of IPC and Prevention of Corruption Act.

The second case involves London-based A M Films,Patel,Mahendroo,Darbari and others under Sections 420 (cheating),120-B (criminal conspiracy) of IPC and Prevention of Corruption Act.

The ED had registered its first case under Foreign Exchange Management Act in CWG after British authorities referred to the Indian High Commission a matter regarding A M Films,a little-known London-based company,to which a huge sum of money was transferred through the Royal Bank of Scotland.