Twenty-one days after N Srinivasan, as president, announced the setting up of an inquiry commission to probe into the alleged charges of betting on IPL cricket by his son-in-law Gurunath Meiyappan, the investigation is headed nowhere.
In fact, even the first steps have not been initiated as the two former judges of the Madras high court, Justice T Jayaram Chouta and Justice R Balasubramanian, have received neither the complaint nor the requisite documents from the BCCI.
Speaking to TNN in Bangalore, his hometown, Chouta said that he and Balasubramanian would be able to start the probe only after receiving the terms of the commission, the complaint and documents from the cricket board.
"Once we (Justice Chouta and Justice R Balasubramanian) receive these, we will sit together and decide the way forward," said the 76-year-old Chouta who is expected to be the chairman of the commission.
"We can't meet or decide anything until the BCCI initiates the inquiry. They've appointed us and therefore it is they who have to first give us the complaint. Without that we can't do anything," said Chouta.
A number of decisions need to be taken at the inaugural meeting of the commission. These would include elevating one of the two former judges to the post of chairman of the inquiry committee, appointing a secretariat, identifying its office, dates, etc. Then would come a host of other actions, including issuing summons to players, administrators and others.
With BCCI dragging its feet over the matter the ones who'd benefit would be fixers and their sleazy contacts as they'd get extra time to cover their tracks.
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