{"id":9171,"date":"2011-02-24T19:46:18","date_gmt":"2011-02-24T14:16:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/?p=9171"},"modified":"2011-02-24T19:46:18","modified_gmt":"2011-02-24T14:16:18","slug":"cwg-scam-bhanot-verma-sent-to-five-day-cbi-custody","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/cwg-scam-bhanot-verma-sent-to-five-day-cbi-custody","title":{"rendered":"CWG scam: Bhanot, Verma sent to five-day CBI custody"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/CWG.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"9172\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/cwg-scam-bhanot-verma-sent-to-five-day-cbi-custody\/cwg\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2011\/02\/CWG.jpg?fit=242%2C208&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"242,208\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"CWG\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2011\/02\/CWG.jpg?fit=150%2C128&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2011\/02\/CWG.jpg?fit=242%2C208&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-9172\" title=\"CWG\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/CWG.jpg?resize=242%2C208&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"242\" height=\"208\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2011\/02\/CWG.jpg?w=242&amp;ssl=1 242w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2011\/02\/CWG.jpg?resize=150%2C128&amp;ssl=1 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 242px) 100vw, 242px\" \/><\/a>A Delhi court Thursday sent Lalit Bhanot and V.K. Verma, former high ranking officials of the Commonwealth Games (CWG) Organising Committee, to five days&#8217; CBI custody in connection with financial lapses in a contract with a Swiss company.<\/p>\n<p>Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Special Judge Talwant Singh sent the OC&#8217;s former secretary general Bhanot and former director general Verma to the probe agency&#8217;s custody till March 1.<\/p>\n<p>The CBI in its plea sought seven days&#8217; custody of Bhanot and Verma, against whom it has lodged first information reports (FIRs) for criminal conspiracy and cheating and for violating sections of the Prevention of Corruption Act.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Accused persons entered into criminal conspiracy to cheat the government in the manner of awarding contract for timing, scoring and result system to be acquired for the CWG,&#8221; said the investigative agency.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The accused officials of the Organising Committee in conspiracy with others, by abusing their official positions, awarded the contract to Swiss timing company at exorbitant rates of Rs.1.07 billion, in a most wrongful manner, restricting all competitors, and thereby caused huge loss to the government of India and corresponding wrongful gain to the company,&#8221; the CBI said.<\/p>\n<p>The court allowed both Bhanot and Verma to have home-cooked food on health grounds.<\/p>\n<p>Defence counsel opposed the CBI application, saying the FIRs against them were based on sources and sources were not always right.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Media is just highlighting the case and after some time things will clear and you all will get to know the real fact,&#8221; Verma told reporters before the hearing.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking before being brought to court, Bhanot said: &#8220;We have not done anything wrong. 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