Missing games documents: CBI may file case

The Central Bureau of Investigation is reportedly looking at the possibility of registering a case for destruction of evidence as part of its probe into scandalous irregularities in the conduct of the Commonwealth Games.

Some of the crucial documents which could throw light on the Commonwealth Games deals have gone missing. The probe agencies fear that they could have been destroyed or hidden.

Asked if the CBI is likely to register a case under Section 201 of IPC (causing disappearance of evidence of offence, or giving false information to screen offender), sources said investigations are on and the likelihood cannot be ruled out.

"CBI is looking at various angles. Nothing can be ruled out as of now," a source said.

Meanwhile, in an attempt to shift blame for the missing documents of the Commonwealth Games, the prime minister's representative in the organising committee (OC) and games chief executive officer, Jarnail Singh, has asked Suresh Kalmadi's secretariat to provide crucial minutes of meetings of all the 23 sub-committees created by the OC chairman, as demanded by the investigative agencies.

Both the CBI and the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) - after failing to recover vital documents relating to who had taken crucial decisions on the award of overlays contracts many of them bypassing norms - have now formally requested the chief executive of the games to part with the minutes of the meetings.