National Games rip-off: CBI searches fmr Jharkhand sports activities minister’s residence

By PTI

NEW DELHI: The CBI on Thursday carried out searches at 16 places, together with the residence of former Jharkhand Sports Minister Bandhu Tirkey, in reference to the alleged irregularities within the multi-crore video games tools purchases for the thirty fourth National Games held in Ranchi in 2011, officers mentioned.

Besides Tirkey, the CBI additionally searched the premises of famous lawyer R Okay Anand, who was the working chairman of the National Games Organising Committee, within the nationwide capital.

The premises of the then director sports activities of the state P C Mishra, organising secretary of nationwide video games Madhukant Pathak, organising secretary H M Hashmi are additionally being searched.

As a part of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) operation, seven locations in Ranchi and 5 places in Dhanbad are additionally being searched, officers mentioned.

Tirkey was lately convicted for amassing disproportionate belongings by a Jharkhand court docket and stripped of his meeting membership.

The case of alleged corruption within the buy of video games tools was probed by the state anti-corruption department and it was later handed over to the CBI by the Jharkhand High Court in April this yr.

Tirkey was an in depth confidante of Babulal Marandi of the Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (Prajatantik) earlier than Marandi determined to merge the outfit with the BJP.

Tirkey didn’t agree with Marandi’s choice and joined the Congress after the 2019 meeting elections.