Two FIRs have been lodged by the CBI at the Anti-Corruption Unit of the CBI in Ranchi related to the 34th National Games scam.
In the first case RC0242022A0001, the FIR has been lodged against unknown public servants and private persons. The Fir has been lodged under sections 120 (B), 420 of IPC, and sections 13 (2) and 13 (1) (D) of the Prevention of Corruption Act. The investigation has been assigned to Surendra Depawat who is posted as DSP at the anti-corruption branch of the CBI at Patna in Bihar. Sources in the CBI said that this FIR is related to a scam in the construction of the sports infrastructure during the national game.
The second FIR RC0242022A0002 has been lodged against R. K. Anand who was (Working Chairman of 34″ National Games Organising Committee cum-President, Jharkhand Olympic Association, S.M. Hashmi, Organising Secretary, 34th National Games Organising Committee-cum-Secretary General, Jharkhand Olympic Association and Madhukant Pathak, treasurer, 34th National Games Organising Committee cum-Treasurer, Jharkhand Olympic Association. Investigation of this case has been assigned to Shri Narayan, inspector of CBI posted at the anti-corruption branch in Patna.
This FIR was originally lodged by Bholanath Singh, General Secretary of the Jharkhand Wrestlers Association at Jharkhand Vigilance.
“FIRs have been lodged at the Anti-corruption unit of the CBI in Ranchi but the investigation will be done by officials from the Patna unit. CBI has taken up the investigation from the Anti-Corruption Bureau of Jharkhand as per the instruction of the Jharkhand High Court,” said an official of the CBI.
On April 11, The Jharkhand High Court directed the CBI to investigate the national games scam. It also asked the CBI to investigate role of police officials and bureaucrats.
The double bench of Chief Justice Dr. Ravi Ranjan and Justice Sujit Narayan Prasad ordered this after hearing PIL filed by Sushil Kumar Singh Mantu, Surya Singh Besra of Jharkhand Against Corruption, and Pankaj Yadav.
The court said that the Anti-Corruption Bureau of Jharkhand was not in a position to investigate this case as high-profile persons are involved. The 34th National Games was held from 12 February to 26 February in 2011. But it was originally scheduled for 2007.
Bholanath Singh alleged that a wide level of corruption was done in organizing the national games. The Vigilance Bureau lodged an FIR 49/2010 and filed two charge sheets. It claimed that Rs 28.38 crore were embezzled.
Notably, a few days back CBI officials gathered documents and case file from the Jharkhand Anti Corruption Bureau
