Published: Mar 16, 2017, 10:44 PM (IST)
Edited: Mar 16, 2017, 10:46 PM (IST)
Karachi: The country’s Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) has issued notices to four Pakistani players – Nasir Jamshed, Khalid Latif, Sharjeel Khan and Mohammad Irfan – to appear for questioning in the PSL spot-fixing case on March 20 and 21 before a special team of the agency. “The FIA has issued notices to the players in the Pakistan Super League spot-fixing case after holding preliminary investigations into the matter and after consulting the Pakistan Cricket Board,” a reliable source in the FIA told PTI. He said that the special investigation team of the FIA would question the four players. Three of them – Sharjeel, Khalid and Irfan – have been suspended from all cricket by the PCB under the anti-corruption code. PSL 2017 spot-fixing: PCB to interrogate Nasir Jamshed
The PCB has already formed a three-member tribunal headed by a former judge to conduct a probe after the board charged Sharjeel and Khalid with spot-fixing. Pakistan’s interior minister Chaudhary Nisar Ali Khan told the media in Islamabad today that the government was taking the PSL spot-fixing case seriously. He made it clear that if any player is found guilty of spot-fixing, he could end up behind bars. Meanwhile, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) will interrogate Test batsman Nasir Jamshed for his role in PSL spot-fixing scandal that led to suspension of three players.
According to a well-informed official in the board, Jamshed will be questioned in at the Pakistan High Commission in London, where he is based these days. “He can’t come to Pakistan as he is on bail and has to appear before UK’s national crime agency in April in this case. But we want to also question him in detail about his role in the PSL spot-fixing scandal,” the source told PTI.
