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JUSTICE MUDGAL IPL PROBE COMMITTEE 201465allegations that in an under-cover investigation carried outby the Sports Illustrated magazine wherein tape recordingswere made, a prominent Indian capped player wasrecorded interacting with the bookies. A journalist whoapparently was connected with recording of tapes forSports Illustrated revealed that the said investigation foundlinks to Dawood Ibrahim and that the money launderedthrough booking activities were being used for fundingterrorist activities. The journalist could further identify thevoice of the player and stated that the player was part ofthe Indian squad which played the World Cup and is partof the present Indian team. The journalist also stated thatthe tapes had been handed over to ICC ACSU. Thejournalist refused to disclose the names of the Indianplayers involved. In spite of repeated requests to put thename of the said player in a sealed cover for perusal beforethe Hon’ble Supreme Court, the journalist appearedterrified and was very reluctant to do so and pleaded that itwould be dangerous for the journalist concerned.Mr. I. S. Bindra, an ex-President of the BCCI also madesimilar allegations and stated that he had always kept theAnti Corruption and Security Unit of the ICC (hereinafterreferred to as ICC ACSU) in the loop. He stated that heknew another former prominent Indian player was involvedin match fixing and was aware of his alleged involvementwith bookies along with a former reputed Indian player. Itis worthwhile to recollect at this stage that in the transcript
JUSTICE MUDGAL IPL PROBE COMMITTEE 201466of the tape recordings between Mr. Chandresh Jain @Jupiter and Ashwani Aggrawal @ Tinku Mandi at 0042 hrson 15.05.2013, there are references to high level fixing ofplayers where the names of two international Indianplayers were mentioned.It thus appears that names of six prominent Indian cappedplayers are available in tapes in connection with dealingswith bookies while two of these prominent Indian cappedplayers have also been named by none other than a formerPresident of BCCI.Another former President of BCCI, Mr. Shashank Manoharalso stated that all matches in IPL need to be investigated.IV.ALLEGATIONS AGAINST OTHER IPL TEAMSThere has been allegation made before the presentCommittee that the players of another IPL team were alsoinvolved in spot/match fixing and the same was beinginvestigated by the Pune police. However, due to paucity oftime, the Committee could not probe into that aspect of thematter.It is also required to be pointed out that the statementmade by Chandresh Patel @ Chand Bhai to the SpecialCell, Delhi police reveal that a prominent businessmanfrom Hyderabad who is also a politician, was activelyinvolved in fixing of players. It has been stated that this
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