New Delhi: Sacked treasurer of Commonwealth Games Organising Committee M Jayachandran, who was arrested by the CBI on Sunday will be produced in court on Monday.
Jayachandran was arrested in connection with the alleged bungling in the Queen's Baton Relay (QBR) in London last year.
Jayachandran was arrested after several rounds of questioning by the investigating agency, CBI spokesman R K Gaur said tonight.
Gaur said the former OC official was arrested in connection with the ongoing investigation in the two cases registered by the CBI earlier this week.
The CBI spokesman also said that searches were being conducted at his residence.
Jayachandran, who was expelled from the OC on charges of alleged irregularities in QBR, was also quizzed over certain overlays contracts awarded for the Games.
The CBI action comes within days of the arrest of two other close aides of OC chairman Suresh Kalmadi -- sacked OC officials T S Darbari and Sanjay Mahendroo.
Darbari, mahendro to be produced in court
Darbari and Mahendro will be produced before a Delhi court as their CBI custody expires on Monday.
They had been on a 6 day remand with investigators as the agency had claimed that it had recovered "voluminous incriminating" documents from the duo's houses, and needed to question them at length.
The agency had also said this would help in unearthing the money trail related to the Queen's Baton Relay in London last year.
The CBI has 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 organising QBR.
The first case names London-based AM Car and Van Services and its owner Patel besides Darbari, sacked joint director general of the CWG Organising Committee, Mahendroo, OC deputy director-general, and Raj Singh, a Director level officer in the OC.
They have been slapped with charges under Sections 468 (forgery of court records and public ocuments), 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.
Jayachandran has also been questioned by the Enforcement officials for over six hours as part of its probe into the alleged financial irregularities in the mega sporting event.
His explanation was sought on questions related to alleged foreign exchange violations during the QBR.
The ED had issued summons to him under the provisions of the Foreign Exchange Management Act (FEMA).
As part of its investigations, ED has interrogated OC Director General V K Verma several times, including for a marathon 10 hours late last month.
Several Commonwealth Games related contracts worth crores of rupees are being scrutinised by the Central Vigilance Commission (CVC), the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) and the Income Tax Department for alleged financial bungling.
With his top three aides now behind bars, will the Commonwealth Games boss be next?
(With PTI inputs)
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