Indian cricket board President A C Muthiah, its Secretary Jaywant Lele and treasurer Kishore Rungta on Friday deposed before the CBI in connection with the match-fixing scandal. Eventhough CBI maintained silence over what transpired during the three-hour-long meeting, Muthiah told reporters outside the agency headquarters that we discussed general things and exchanged information. However, the deposition of the three comes close on heels of nation-wide raids conducted by income tax on the premises of cricket players, BCCI officials and bookies. During the raids, CBI officials had surveyed the premises of Rungta in Jaipur from whose house some fixed deposits recipts were reportedly recovered. The CBI officials asked the BCCI representatives about the constitution of the board and various sub-committees formed to look into issues including allotment of telecast rights, agency sources said.
Muthiah said he had asked the CBI to expedite the entire case so that the hype created against the game could ease and doubts over the performance of the players could stop.
This is for the first time, ever since the agency registered a preliminary inquiry on May 2, that three cricket administrators have deposed before the CBI and recorded their statements on a single day.
Report: Zeenext Bureau