A two-member commission appointed by BCCI has given a clean chit to the co-owners of Chennai Super Kings and Rajasthan Royals in the IPL spot-fixing scandal, paving the way for return of N Srinivasan as chief of the cricket board. "The BCCI-appointed commission might have cleared them but I think we should wait for the police probe to get over," sports secretary PK Deb said.
However, the ministry distanced itself from the entire controversy. Deb said the ministry could not interfere with the internal matters of a national sports federation. A two-member committee, comprising former high court judges T Jayaram Chouta and R Balasubramanian was mandated to enquire into the roles of Srinivasan's son-in-law Gurunath Meiyappan, who was the team principal of Chennai Super Kings, Rajasthan Royals and its co-owner Raj Kundra.
The probe panel submitted its report to the BCCI working committee, suggesting that it did not found evidence of any wrongdoing.
We can't depend on cops' report: Shah
The BCCI on Monday defended the report of its panel which inquired into the IPL spot-fixing scandal, saying they could not depend on the police report since the two-member commission was already on the job.
"I think we can't depend on police report as we had already constituted a commission and whatever the commission said is final," BCCI vice-president Niranjan Shah said when questioned as to why the BCCI didn't wait for Mumbai and Delhi police to complete their probe before acquitting N Srinivasan of any wrongdoing.
Shah reiterated that two-member probe panel comprising of Retd Justice Jayaram Chouta and Retd Justice R Balasubramanian had to continue the probe with whatever "available material".
"I think BCCI can't do anything about it (on reports that Mumbai Police didn't co-operate with panel) as we have no control over it. So, we have to live with whatever material that is available to us," Shah said.
However, Shah said that if any one of the accused is found guilty during further investigations by the police authorities, BCCI will take immediate cognisance.
Kirti Azad: Is BCCI above the law?
Training his guns at the BCCI for handing out clean chits in the IPL spot-fixing and betting scandal, cricketer-turned-politician Kirti Azad on Monday asked if the Indian Cricket Board considers itself above the law. "I don't blame Jagmohan Dalmiya or Srinivasan for this. The politicians are hell bent on making BCCI the next Indian Olympic Association. We have seen what happened to IOA due to political interference and now the same is happening with BCCI," Azad said. "Mumbai police has said that the investigation is still on. Delhi police is still investigating and the BCCI panel has given them a clean chit. Is BCCI above the law?" he asked.
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