Mumbai, Sep 20 (PTI): The Cricket Association of Bihar has filed a Public Interest Litigation in Bombay High Court seeking appointment of an independent governance review committee to review the rules and regulations of the Board of Control for Cricket in India.
The PIL alleged that in recent times, the (BCCI) has been used as a medium to serve the personal interest of few persons which includes its former President, N. Srinivasan.
The PIL, filed by Aditya Verma, Secretary of the Cricket Association of Bihar, contended that the rules and regulations of BCCI have also been allegedly tampered with in a manner to further advance their causes and also pointed to the spot-fixng scandal in the Indian Premiere League.
Hence, it sought appointment of a Committee to review the rules and regulations of the BCCI.
In April 2013, the Special Cell of Delhi Police received secret information that certain members of the underworld were involved in fixing of cricket matches of the IPL with active participation of some unidentified conduits based in Delhi, said the petition.
Delhi Police started investigating the said allegations of betting and spot fixing in IPL matches and it came to light that there was across-city bookie-player nexus involving starlets, four other top players and underworld connections, the PIL said.
On May 16, 2013, three players from Rajasthan Royals-IPL team, S Sreesanth, Ajit Chandalia and Ankit Chavan were detained by Delhi Police over allegations of spot fixing. The BCCI immediately thereafter suspended all the three players, according to PIL.
Seven bookies from Mumbai were also detained by the Delhi Police along with the three players. A Delhi Magistrate is now seized of the case.
The petition, expected to come up for hearing in due course, said that the Supreme Court has vide its order dated October 8, 2013, formed an independent fresh Probe Committee headed by a retired judge, Mukul Mudgal,to go into the complaints against Gurunath Meiyappan, among others, and requested the panel to submit its report.
