Wary that some athletes might try to overstay illegally after the Commonwealth Games, the Sports Ministry has asked the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) to run background checks on them as well as their families before the event begins in Gold Coast, Australia, next week. Sports minister Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore, on Monday, cleared a 325-strong Indian contingent for the Games which will be held from April 4 to 15. The Indian squad includes 221 athletes comprising 117 men and 104 women, 58 coaches, seven managers, 17 doctors and physiotherapists and 22 other officials. It is Indias biggest contingent for an edition held outside the country. However, to ensure that none of the delegates flee the Games Village or go missing, the ministry has ordered a background check on each of them. In view of the disappearance of some officials/sportspersons in foreign countries in the past, this ministry is of the view that background/antecedents of the members/officials may be checked proper, sports ministry under-secretary AK Patro wrote in a letter to IOA secretary general Rajeev Mehta on Monday.