NEW DELHI, (Reuters) – Indian police arrested the former chief organiser of the Delhi Commonwealth Games yesterday as part of a crackdown on corruption, embarrassing the government as it fights major state polls.
Suresh Kalmadi, also a senior lawmaker from the ruling Congress Party, was sacked in November after games organisers were accused of manipulating contracts and inflating bills in an event which was meant to showcase India’s rise as a global power but was instead beset by problems.
Hours after his arrest on Monday, Kalmadi
