Via PTI
NEW DELHI: The CBI on Thursday performed searches at 16 places, together with the place of dwelling of former Jharkhand Sports activities Minister Bandhu Tirkey, in reference to the alleged irregularities within the multi-crore video games apparatus purchases for the thirty fourth Nationwide Video games held in Ranchi in 2011, officers mentioned.
But even so Tirkey, the CBI additionally searched the premises of famous attorney R Okay Anand, who was once the running chairman of the Nationwide Video games Establishing Committee, within the nationwide capital.
The premises of the then director sports activities of the state P C Mishra, setting up secretary of nationwide video games Madhukant Pathak, setting up secretary H M Hashmi also are being searched.
As a part of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) operation, seven puts in Ranchi and 5 places in Dhanbad also are being searched, officers mentioned.
Tirkey was once lately convicted for gathering disproportionate property through a Jharkhand courtroom and stripped of his meeting club.
The case of alleged corruption within the acquire of video games apparatus was once probed through the state anti-corruption department and it was once later passed over to the CBI through the Jharkhand Top Courtroom in April this 12 months.
Tirkey was once an in depth confidante of Babulal Marandi of the Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (Prajatantik) sooner than Marandi determined to merge the outfit with the BJP.
Tirkey didn’t trust Marandi’s resolution and joined the Congress after the 2019 meeting elections.