CWG case: Summons against 3 Swiss Timing officials sent to MHA
Press Trust of India New Delhi CBI has forwarded to the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) the summons to be served abroad to three officials of Switzerland-based Swiss Timing Limited for their alleged role in a 2010 Commonwealth Games related corruption case in which Suresh Kalmadi among others is facing trial.
The agency has filed the copy of the March 26 letter sent to the MHA before a Delhi court after it had directed the CBI to submit its status report in connection with the service of summons by March 28.
In its forwarding letter sent to MHA, the CBI has given brief details of the case and has annexed copies of summons issued for July 2 this year against Swiss Timing's General Manager Christophe Berthaud, Sales and Marketing Manager S Chianese and Multi Sports Events and Sales Manager J Spiri.
"The summons in duplicate, accompanied by its annexures...Duly issued by the trial court and their German translations along with translation certificates dated March 19, 2013 are enclosed herewith for service as per the letters of agreement dated February 20, 1989 between the Governments of India and Switzerland in the matter of providing mutual assistance in criminal matters," the letter sent by the CBI to the ministry said.
"It is further mentioned that the summons need to be received by Federal Department of Justice and Police, Switzerland thirty days prior to the date of the summons for onward service to the addressee," the letter said.
Swiss Timing, along with sacked CWG Organising Committee (OC) chairman Suresh Kalmadi and nine others, is facing trial in a case relating to "illegally" awarding a contract to install Timing, Scoring and Results (TSR) system for the 2010 Games to Swiss Timing Ltd at inflated rates, causing a loss of over Rs 95 crore to the exchequer.
The court had framed charges of cheating and conspiracy against Swiss Timing and had said the record of the case "prima facie" suggests that there are "incriminating evidence about the involvement" of its three officials in the case.
