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Enquiry into match-fixing based on newspaper reports: BCCI
Hyderabad, June 26: Cricket board today informed a city civil court that though the decision to hold preliminary inquiry into match-fixing allegations against former Captain Mohammed Azharuddin was based on newspaper reports, regular inquiry was based on the findings of preliminary inquiry.
"It is an issue of wide public interest and hence BCCI was compelled to order a preliminary inquiry," he said. Pointing out that every attempt was made to afford Azharuddin a fair opportunity to buttress his point of view, the counsel said the former captain chose to attribute malice and prejudice to both the inquiry officer as well as BCCI when the result was not in his favour.
The counsel was responding to a judge's query regarding
the basis for holding inquiry into match-fixing allegations
against the former captain and whether any written complaints
were received by BCCI for ordering the inquiry.
Bureau Report