New Delhi:
The corruption scandal that has hit the 2010 Commonwealth Games was traced to London after the UK government raised a red flag about money being transferred from the CWG accounts in India to AM Films based in London.
The owner of the firm Ashish Patel though has come out in the open and denied the charges saying that there has been complete transparency in the dealings. (
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"The money has come genuinely to my company's account. No money has come to my personal account. I have invoices for all the money that came from CWG and we have supplied them vehicles and equipments", Patel said. (
Watch: Patel insists transactions legal)
"157, 000 pounds are still outstanding and CWG owes it to me. No Indian authorities are in touch with me", he further added.
The Indian High Commission has categorically denied having introduced AM Films to the CWG committee.
Earlier, the Deputy High Commissioner of India in London, Rajesh N Prasad, wrote to the Sports Ministry about allegations of corruption made by the UK government, which says that 25,000 pounds sent from the CWG in India to a company, AM films, in UK, is unaccounted for.
The Secretary General of the Commonwealth Games Organising Committee, Lalit Bhanot who had denied all charges has said that the allegations are still being looked into and if there is any truth in them, action would be taken.
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