SAI director among 6 nabbed by CBI, sports body HQ raided

The arrests were made during searches at the sports administrator’s office in Delhi’s Lodhi Road area, they said.

The probe agency has arrested Director Sports Authority of India SK Sharma, Junior Accounts Officer Harinder Prasad, Supervisor Lalit Jolly and UDC VK Sharma, besides private contractor MandeepAhuja and his employee Yunus, the officials said.

It is alleged that bills of Rs 19 lakh were pending to be cleared by the SAI officials for which a demand of three per cent was being made.

Central Bureau of Investigation reached the SAI headquarters at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium around 5 pm and sealed the premises, sources in the SAI said. The search operation was under way late in the night. The source further said the raid happened after SAI Director General Neelam Kapur took up the matter with the CBI.

The accused staff was responsible for procuring all office stationeries and were dealing with tenders of all electronic equipment and furniture required for SAI offices.