A Delhi court has launched a probe into allegations by two inmates that they were ordered by prison officers to murder two 2010 Commonwealth Games officials inside the high-security Tihar jail. The inmates, named as Nishant and Amit, alleged they were given a knife and a pistol by prison officers to kill the Games officials who are themselves being held on corruption charges.
Three senior Delhi Commonwealth Games officials - T.S. Darbari, M. Jeyachandran and Sanjay Mohindroo - are in custody at the same jail having been charged with financial irregularities leading up to the October Games. The chief metropolitan magistrate (CMM), Vinod Yadav, had ordered a police investigation into the matter and asked for a report by Friday but the deadline was missed. The $6 billion Games was intended to showcase India's growing financial might but threatened to become a farce and only late scrambling by the government salvaged the event.