The BCCI began some clean-up action on Monday with suspension of Rajasthan Royals co-owner Raj Kundra on charges of gambling during IPL-4 matches and also forwarding the Ravi Sawani report on the spot-fixing scam to the board's disciplinary panel in an emergency working committee meeting held in New Delhi.
"The working committee decided to suspend Raj Kundra on allegations of gambling on IPL VI matches till the pendency of inquiry. Kundra will be debarred from taking part in any cricketing activity related to Rajasthan Royals which effectively means that he won't be seen during Rajasthan Royals matches in the upcoming Champions League Twenty20 in September," the BCCI said.
The action comes after interim BCCI head Jagmohan Dalimya was forced to call the meeting following the Delhi Police claim that Kundra, a minority (11.7 per cent) shareholder in Rajasthan Royals, had confessed to betting during the IPL matches. If the charges are proved, Rajasthan Royals face the prospect of getting its franchise terminated but to avoid this fate, the franchise has already distanced itself from Kundra.
Meanwhile, BCCI's anti-corruption and security unit chief Ravi Sawani also tabled his report on the three tainted cricketers test pacer S Sreesanth, Ashok Chandila and Ankeet Chavan who have been arrested for alleged spot-fixing. The working committee decided to forward the report to the Board's disciplinary committee. "The sealed report of Sawani was not opened at the meeting as the committee found it prudent to hand it over to the disciplinary committee," the official said. "As is the process of natural justice, the players, once they are out of judicial custody, will be summoned for presenting their side of the story before the final verdict is pronounced," he added.
