The Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) has initiated an inquiry into an alleged recruitment scam in the Commonwealth Games Organising Committee. AIR correspondent quoting sources reports, the anti-corruption watchdog officials have seized documents related to the employees who were recruited for organising the mega sporting event last year. CVC has received complaints that it showed ghost employees on its muster rolls and violated norms while inducting people.

A total of 2,100 people were shown as having worked between May 2009 and November 2010 in different capacities and together drew salary running into several crores. The CVC has also asked the Chief Vigilance Officer of the Sports Ministry to probe irregularities in the whole recruitment process.

The high-level Shunglu Committee, appointed by the Prime Minister to look into corruption and procedural lapses in the conduct of the Games, has asked information from public about the alleged recruitment scam.

Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh had on October 25 last year appointed the Committee under the chairmanship of former Comptroller and Auditor General V K Shunglu and asked it to submit its report within three months time.