ED to probe foreign fund trail of Commonwealth Games
New Delhi: The Enforcement Directorate has started a probe into international monetary transactions pertaining to certain Commonwealth Games project contracts awarded to a London—based firm.
The ED will get in touch with the Games Organising Committee to obtain documents of the contract entered with the company, official sources said.
The agency would also contact its London counterpart to ascertain the registration and financial transactions of the company in UK.
The move came after the Indian High Commission in London wrote to the Indian government about a contract given to an event management firm there.
This has been done in the wake of the British authorities referring to the High Commission, a matter regarding A M Films, a London—based company, to which a huge some of money was transferred through the Royal Bank of Scotland.
The authorities in London have already begun a probe into the firm and had contacted the India High Commission which subsequently forwarded the details to the Sports Ministry here for follow—up action. —PTI
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