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Post-CBI search, Kalmadi's petrol pump office catches fire
Amruta Byatnal
PUNE: The office of a petrol pump owned by the former Commonwealth Games Organising Committee chairman Suresh Kalmadi caught fire, destroying 28 computers on January 8, barely two weeks after the Central Bureau of Investigation conducted a search in his house, petrol pump and farm house in Pune in December. Mr. Kalmadi, MP from Pune, is under the scanner for alleged corruption in the Commonwealth Games.
The fire, which according to the Fire Department largely went unnoticed by the people around, allegedly destroyed furniture and air-conditioners too.
“When we went there after being informed, we didn't talk to any people. The panchanama by the police states 28 computers were also destroyed. This is what we have in our record too. Some of the computers may have been destroyed because of the water that was used to douse the fire,” Pune's Fire Department Chief Prashant Ranpise told The Hindu.
Cause not known
The cause of the fire is unknown and is still being investigated, Mr. Ranpise said.
The office on the first floor which caught fire is the administrative office of the Sai Service petrol pump owned by Mr. Kalmadi. The premises also house a service station and the franchise office of Maruti, also belonging to the Pune MP.
It is not known whether the incident is being probed by the CBI. The CBI officials probing the CWG scam were unavailable for comment.
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