Published: Jun 29, 2015, 01:58 PM (IST)
Edited: Jun 29, 2015, 02:00 PM (IST)
The BCCI has cleared Ravindra Jadeja, Suresh Raina and Dwayne Bravo of the wrong-doing they were accused of by Lalit Modi. They trashed Modi’s claims saying his accusations were insubstantial. They added that the case was looked into by the ACSU. READ: Lalit Modi’s allegation of involvement of two Indians and a West Indian in IPL 2013 spot-fixing case
Modi had accused the trio of accepting bribes from a bookie, who is also a builder. Modi claimed through a series of tweets on Saturday that real estate tycoon of HDIL.co Baba Diwan had given apartments to the players in addition to money. He said when he was the IPL chief he “had banned him [Baba] from bidding for any IPL teams”.
Modi claimed Diwan was a good friend of Gurunath Meiyappan and Raj Kundra, who have been implicated in the 2013 IPL betting and match fixing case by the Supreme Court. READ: Sushma Swaraj denies recommending travel documents for Lalit Modi. READ: Sushma Swaraj denies recommending travel documents for Lalit Modi
Modi also posted a letter which he claimed he wrote to ICC CEO Dave Richardson in June 2013, passing all the information and urging him to act upon it. Verma also addressed his letter to Richardson, urging him to save the integrity and credibility of the ICC.
“It is my humble request to you kindly save the integrity and credibility of ICC. Yesterday, Mr. Lalit Modi mail of 2013 came in a electronic media, Mr. Modi said that he wrote to you about the involvement of 3 Players of CSK in illegal things,” Verma wrote in the letter.
“They received crores of money in cash and get flats in Delhi, Noida and Mumbai. This is a very serious charges against top 3 international cricketers who are also the member of CSK cricket team in IPL,” Verma wrote.
“Entire cricket world wanted your clarification on Mr. Modi’s letter. As you know the highest court of the India, Hon’ble Supreme Court constituted committee for probe into involvement of some officials, including players which name are kept in sealed cover envelope.”
“It is your duty to clarify the facts because cricketing world wanted to know how ICC is taking the Mr. Modi email,” he added.
With inputs from IANS
