Deceased members’ cards used for food and drink purchases; a drone flown near the Prime Minister’s residence; members hired by the club for legal and other services; spiralling legal expenses; and, a long-serving auditor stepping down after raising concerns about access to records. These are among the several unresolved questions hanging over the Delhi Gymkhana Club, according to internal records reviewed by The Indian Express, even as the Government has asked the capital landmark to vacate its 27.3-acre plot for “strengthening and securing defence infrastructure” — a matter now in court. Club records also show that members have refused to approve its audited accounts while the Government-appointed administration continues to withhold a forensic audit it had commissioned shortly after taking charge in April 2022. This newspaper reviewed a draft report of that forensic audit — covering financial expenses during 2017-18 and 2021-22 — prepared by Baker Tilly Business Advisory Services and submitted by the administration in November 2022 to the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) as part of a quarterly status report. The findings are telling. …