Order reserved on Kalmadi

A Delhi court has reserved its order on the framing of charges against former Commonwealth Games Organising Committee (OC) chairman Suresh Kalmadi and others accused in a graft case till November 21.

A Delhi court has reserved its order on the framing of charges against former Commonwealth Games Organising Committee (OC) chairman Suresh Kalmadi and others accused in a graft case till November 21.

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Besides Kalmadi, former CWG OC Secretary General Lalit Bhanot and nine others have been chargesheeted by CBI under various provisions of the IPC and the Prevention of Corruption Act for allegedly “illegally” awarding a contract to install the Timing, Scoring and Results (TSR) system for the 2010 CWG to Swiss Timing, causing a loss of over Rs. 90 crore to exchequer.