Court notice to CBI on Kalmadi’s plea

The CBI was on Wednesday asked by a Delhi court to respond to sacked Commonwealth Games organising committee chief Suresh Kalmadi’s plea to clarify if the agency’s probe into games-related contract, in which he has been arrested, is complete or not.

The CBI was on Wednesday asked by a Delhi court to respond to sacked Commonwealth Games organising committee chief Suresh Kalmadi’s plea to clarify if the agency’s probe into games-related contract, in which he has been arrested, is complete or not.

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Kalmadi’s plea to special judge Talwant Singh sought the court’s direction to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to “clarify if the continuing further probe to unearth a larger conspiracy, to identify the money trail and additional facts, is over or not.”

“Issue notice to the CBI for filing reply and arguments on October 29,” the judge said, in its order for CBI’s reply to Kalmadi’s plea to apprise the court of the probe status.

Kalmadi also sought the court’s direction to CBI to produce its case diaries before it “for verification of the stage of investigation.” It also said the CBI, despite probing the same FIR against same accused for last five months, has filed no supplementary charge sheet till date.

CBI, meanwhile, filed its reply to the plea by co-accused PD Arya and AK Madan on the status of the pending probe.