# Express Investigation: How bureaucrats used sports funds to upgrade colony

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Published: 2026-05-19T00:30:02+00:00
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## Resource

An investigation by The Indian Express has found that funds meant to support athletes and build public sporting infrastructure were also used to develop high-end facilities inside civil services institutions and a residential colony for bureaucrats. In this episode, we speak to Mihir Vasavda, who undertook this investigation, about how the National Sports Development Fund was allegedly diverted, the records uncovered through RTI documents, and why the findings raise larger questions about accountability and the use of public money. You can read the investigation here . Hosted and produced by Shashank Bhargava Edited and mixed by Suresh Pawar

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