After clean chit from court to Kalmadi, Congress celebrates in Pune
Pune, Apr 29 ( UNI) Congress workers on Tuesday gathered in front of former Union minister Suresh Kalmadi in Erandwane area here and celebrated the Delhi court's clean chit to the senior party leader.
The slogan 'Sabse bada khiladi, Suresh Kalmadi' was heard once again soon after the Delhi court accepted the Enforcement Directorate's closure report in a money laundering case against Kalmadi, the former head of the 2010 Commonwealth Games organizing committee. The other accused who got the court clean chit included the then general secretary Lalit Bhanot.
Kalmadi's supporters celebrated the occasion with bursting of firecrackers.
In 2010, allegations of corruption surfaced in the organization of the Commonwealth Games. Kalmadi and others were accused of irregularities in the allocation and implementation of two important contracts.
Special judge Sanjeev Agarwal noted that the CBI has already closed the corruption case. The ED after an investigation into the money laundering case too has accepted the report, the judge noted.
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