Top Commonwealth organising committee official asked to go on leave

A top official of Commonwealth Games organising committee has been asked to go on indefinite leave after he came under the scanner of customs department which seized a diamond ring worth Rs28 lakh from a man who claimed that he brought it for the former.

TS Durbari, joint director general of the organising committee, has been asked to go on leave by CEO Jarnail Singh last Wednesday, sources said in New Delhi today.

Customs authorities seized the diamond ring from KD Mani, who works in a jewellery group operating in Dubai, when he landed in Kochi late last month.

During questioning, sources said, Mani took the name of Durbari. The CWG official could not be contacted for his version.

Darbari has been asked to go on leave till the probe is over and his name is cleared, sources said.