JUSTICE-MUDGAL-IPL-PROBE-COMMITTEE-REPORT-final-feb-8

JUSTICE MUDGAL IPL PROBE COMMITTEE 201467person had attempted fixing of certain players of anotherteam playing in IPL, for which meetings were held in fivestar hotels in Pune and Chennai. The meeting wasattended by Chandresh Patel and Jitendra Jain @ JeetuTharad, who are allegedly the fixers/ henchmen to fixplayers for the Dawood betting syndicate. There arecorroborative statements by accused Mohd. Yahiya, SyedDurrey Ahmed@ Sohaib and Babu Sunil Chander Saxena,recorded by the Special Cell, Delhi Police, who confirm thisincident.There has been entirely no investigation at any stage asregards the veracity of such claims/allegations. It isnecessary to delve deep into the matter in as much as, ifthe allegations are found to be true after a properinvestigation, drastic deterrent action can be taken.However, if the allegations are found to be untrue on anysuch proper investigation, the cloud of suspicion which hasengulfed the game of cricket will stand dissipated.It has been brought on record that the Anti-Corruptionunit of BCCI or the ICC Anti-Corruption and Security Unitare technically not qualified to make such an investigationin depth. The foundation for their constitution did notenvisage such wide investigative powers and the officials ofboth the unit have expressed their helplessness/ limitationbefore the committee to make any such investigation inabsence of any legal mandate. It is not surprising thereforethat none of the cases presently being criminallyprosecuted were detected by the BCCI Anti Corruption Unit