'CWG complaint against CM maintainable'

NEW DELHI: A trial court on Friday held as "maintainable" a complaint alleging the involvement of chief minister Sheila Dikshit and others in large-scale corruption during the 2010 Commonwealth Games.
Additional chief metropolitan magistrate Manish Yaduvanshi pulled up police for their "deliberate attempt" at causing "unnecessary delay" in filing a reply to certain queries posed by the court in connection with the case last year.The court issued a notice to the deputy commissioner of police (DCP) and additional DCP of the Economic Offences Wing to appear in person on September 26 with "proper reports", as sought by it on a complaint filed by RTI activist Vivek Garg.
Garg had filed a complaint against Dikshit, PWD minister Raj Kumar Chauhan and former CWG Organizing Committee chairman Suresh Kalmadi for alleged corruption in CWG-related projects.
The complainant said a total expenditure of Rs 1,000 crore was sanctioned for various works in Jawaharlal Lal Nehru Stadium Complex, Indira Gandhi Stadium, Shyama Prasad Mukherjee Swimming Complex, Major Dhyanchand national stadium, Dr Karni Singh Shooting Range as well as consultancy for various works but "the corrupt politicians, officials and businessmen/companies connived with the intention to illegally enrich themselves and spent Rs 2460 crore for which they were not even legally allowed". The complaint also relies on the report of Central Vigilance Commission and that of Shunglu Committee set up by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to probe alleged irregularities in various CWG projects.
The court had earlier asked police to furnish a query-wise reply on whether the complaint disclosed any cognizable offence and what action had been taken on it. The court had also asked if the complainant had been informed about the reason for not taking any action on the complaint.
Police had then in their status report said, "As the matters related to CWG are already being investigated by CBI, all the complaints have been sent to CBI as the subject matter and allegations in the present complaints are also related to CWG."
The ACMM on Friday said the report filed by the police did not address the queries raised by it.
He said Dikshit and others are "guilty of offences under sections 409 (criminal breach of trust), 420 (cheating), 464 (making a false document), 471 (using a forged document), 477-A (falsification of accounts), 511, 201 (causing disappearance of evidence), 120-B (criminal conspiracy) of IPC and be summoned, tried and punished accordingly".