NEW DELHI (AP) — Authorities in India have searched nearly a dozen offices of Commonwealth Games officials and registered a criminal case against the director-general of the event.
Central Bureau of Investigation spokeswoman Vineeta Thakur said director-general V.K. Verma is being investigated for allegedly buying equipment at inflated prices for the Oct. 3-14 games.
Thakur said the raids on the offices were carried out Thursday. The allegations came after the budget for the games skyrocketed to $15 billion from an estimated $412 million.
The agency in November arrested three officials of the organizing committee — M. Jayachandran, T.S. Darbari and Sanjay Mahendroo — and accused them of forgery and cheating related to the awarding of games-related contracts.
