Asian Games gold medallist Charles Borromeo, head of the Tata Steel sports department, has resigned a day after the vigilance department officials of the company questioned him in connection with alleged irregularities in tender process of synthetic track laying at the JRD Tata Sports complex.
Borromeo, who had won a gold medal of 800 m at the 1982 Asian Games held in Delhi and also a part of Indian Olympic contingent that took place at Los Angeles in 1984, resigned citing personal reason yesterday, a Tata Steel official said.
The synthetic track, worth Rs 4 crore, was inaugurated by Director General of Sport Authority of India (SAI), Injeti Srinivas on October 17 last year in the presence of ace long jumper Anju Bobby George among others.
