Published: Nov 21, 2015, 11:18 PM (IST)
Edited: Nov 21, 2015, 11:18 PM (IST)
Kolkata: While the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has constituted a panel to probe the allegations that a former Indian cricket board official paid money to a London based firm to snoop on board officials, Cricket Association of Bihar (CAB) on Saturday wrote to board chief Shashank Manohar seeking a CBI probe. It has been alleged that the London based IT firm was paid $900,000 to snoop on a few members of the board. CAB secretary Aditya Verma, who has written several times to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh seeking a CBI probe into the matter, in a letter to Manohar said the intervention of the central agency was essential as it was a matter involving internal security. READ: Shashank Manohar: My 2nd term as BCCI president more challenging
The BCCI earlier in the month constituted a two-member panel to probe the matter. BCCI are also doing their bit to clean up the BCCI. In the annual general body meeting of the Board, earlier this month, all the members of the Board were unanimous in their approach and were interested in seeing that the Board functions in the most transparent manner,” Manohar told reporters after the 86th AGM today in which Retired Justice A P Shah was named the ombudsman. READ: Shashank Manohar appoints retired judge as ombudsman to help clean up BCCI
“Principally, we have decided on issues regarding conflict of interest. The detailing would be done by the legal committee in two months’ time,” he said. “The Ombudsman appointed by Board is Justice A P Shah who would look into complaints of conflict of interest. Somebody has to take complaint to the Board, the Board would forward it because Board has appointed him,” Manohar added.
(With inputs from PTI)
