IPL5 spot-fixing case should have been handled by police: Azad – Cricket News Update
Former Indian cricketer http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Kirtivardhan-Bhagwat-Jha-Azad-c71530 has questioned the BCCI’s handling of the Indian Premier League spot-fixing controversy, claiming that the incident should have been investigated by the police, instead of the cricket board itself.
“Why were the five players caught not booked? BCCI is no authority to conduct criminal investigation. The police should have handled such a matter,” Azad said while speaking at a FICCI conference in New http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Delhi-c780 on regulating sports betting.
The Indian Premier League gained a reputation for notoriety following the controversy-ridden 5th edition which was recently wrapped up on May 27.
The first incident to make it to the headlines was a spat between Bollywood celebrity and co-owner of the Kolkata Knight Riders franchise, Shah Rukh http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Khan-c71319, whose misbehaviour with security personnel at the Wankhede Stadium led the management to contemplate
a ban on the superstar. The tournament was also marred by a molestation case, in which Royal Challengers Bangalore batsman http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Luke-Pomersbach-c1856 was arrested, only to be released later owing to insufficient evidence.
A spot-fixing scandal was among the most serious to rock the tournament – a sting operation carried out by Indian channel
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Amit-Yadav-c44060
(Kings XI Punjab), Mohnish Mishra (Pune http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Abhinav-Bali-c41754 – and ordered a probe into the incident.
“... the BCCI president has decided to have an inquiry for which a commissioner has been appointed, Mr http://www.senore.com/Cricket/RD-Shah-c2298 Sawani. He will be conducting the preliminary inquiry. His report will be sent to the disciplinary committee,” confirmed IPL chairman Rajiv Shukla
after the corruption came to light.
Despite the fact that the inquiry was being headed by Sawani, a former chief of the ICC's anti-corruption and security unit (ACSU), Azad expressed his scepticism regarding the fairness and impartiality of a probe being carried out by the very organisations
which ran the IPL.
The former cricketer, who is also a member of India’s main opposition party, the BJP, blamed the corruption on the political affiliations of the heads of sports organisations.
“I have no objections with politicians heading sports bodies,” Azad had said directly after the incident came to light. “But ever since politicians have taken over, corruption has seeped in and grown from top to bottom.”
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