CWG scam: Suresh Kalmadi aide arrested

A? close aide of former Commonwealth Games Organizing Committee (OC) chief Suresh Kalmadi was arrested on Friday from Pune in the connection with the overlays scam.

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) sleuths arrested Sekhar Deorukhkar, the special on duty officer of Suresh Kalmadi, and produced him before a court, officials said.

Suresh?Deorukhkar?is the fifth person to be arrested in the Commonwealth Games scam.

On Jan 18, a businessman, Binu Nanu, was arrested by the CBI ?for his involvement in the CWG overlay scam.

The CBI earlier raided the homes and offices of the OC officials while Kalmadi himself faces a probe by the federal investigating agency.

Suresh Kalmadi, a Congress MP from Pune, is accused of indulging in various financial scams involving the organization of the Games in Oct 2010.?

India faced humiliation before the entire world in the run up to the Games owing to shabby preparations. The Games which, however, concluded without any major hitch and Indian athletes brought several accolades to the nation.?