New Delhi: The closing ceremony of the Commonwealth Games ended with rainbow-coloured splatter that lit up the night sky. The fireworks may, in fact, just be beginning.
A panel has been set up by the government to look into the corruption charges in the Games. Headed by former Comptroller and Auditor General, VK Shunglu, the panel will submit its report within three months to the Prime Minister. It has the mandate to review every transaction, if needed.
NDTV has also learnt that the government has drawn up a list of over 20 officials whose role in "organising and conducting" the games will be probed.
They include the Suresh Kalmadi, Chairman of the Commonwealth Games Organising Committee; Delhi's Lieutenant Governor Tejinder Khanna as the head of the DDA, responsible for the athletes' village; former Urban Development secretary Ramachandran; and the finance committee of the OC, headed by GC Chaturvedi, an Additional Secretary in the Ministry of Finance.
Sources have also told NDTV that the government is unhappy over the role of the sports ministry. Rahul Bhatnagar, the Joint Secretary in charge of the International Sports division, is also under the scanner.
The Organizing Committee for the Games was headed by Suresh Kalmadi, who was snubbed by the Prime minister on Friday and not invited to attend a reception for the Indian athletes and medal-winners at the Commonwealth Games
A panel has been set up by the government to look into the corruption charges in the Games. Headed by former Comptroller and Auditor General, VK Shunglu, the panel will submit its report within three months to the Prime Minister. It has the mandate to review every transaction, if needed.
NDTV has also learnt that the government has drawn up a list of over 20 officials whose role in "organising and conducting" the games will be probed.
They include the Suresh Kalmadi, Chairman of the Commonwealth Games Organising Committee; Delhi's Lieutenant Governor Tejinder Khanna as the head of the DDA, responsible for the athletes' village; former Urban Development secretary Ramachandran; and the finance committee of the OC, headed by GC Chaturvedi, an Additional Secretary in the Ministry of Finance.
Sources have also told NDTV that the government is unhappy over the role of the sports ministry. Rahul Bhatnagar, the Joint Secretary in charge of the International Sports division, is also under the scanner.
The Organizing Committee for the Games was headed by Suresh Kalmadi, who was snubbed by the Prime minister on Friday and not invited to attend a reception for the Indian athletes and medal-winners at the Commonwealth Games
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