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Kale bribery case: Probe over, report in four days
Visakhapatnam, Nov 29: The preliminary probe into the bribery scandal was completed today with cricketer Abhijit Kale and the two national selectors - Kiran More and Pranab Roy - deposing before the cricket board`s inquiry commissioner D V Subba Rao, who was hopeful of submitting the report in the next four days.
Visakhapatnam, Nov 29: The preliminary probe into the bribery scandal was completed today with cricketer Abhijit Kale and the two national selectors - Kiran More and Pranab Roy - deposing before the cricket board's inquiry commissioner D V Subba Rao, who was hopeful of submitting the report in the next four days.
Apart from the three, Subba Rao also summoned national cricket selector from the central zone, Sanjay Jagdale, for a hearing since the two selectors had wrote to the commission
that they had discussed the issue with him.
"The preliminary inquiry is complete. I hope to submit my report to the board in three or four days," Rao told reporters after the hearing, which lasted for six and a half hours.
There were one-to-one sessions with each of the four persons and there was also a cross examination session, though in a preliminary inquiry it is not always required, Rao said.
"All the parties were given an opportunity to present their case. Everything was recorded and also the transcripts were done. Now I will go through all the recorded statements and form my opinion. Then I will submit the report to the BCCI," he added.
Asked whether a lot of documents were given by the parties, Rao said that it is a confidential matter. "All the papers will be handed over to BCCI."
On whether he would be required to give his initial finding to the board's working committee, which meets in New Delhi tomorrow, Rao said, "I don't think so. Unless the board asks me to give something."
Two national selectors, Roy and More, alleged last week in a written complaint to the board that Kale offered them Rs 10 lakh each for selection into the Indian team for Australia tour.
The board then suspended kale and appointed Rao to probe into the matter. Bureau Report
"The preliminary inquiry is complete. I hope to submit my report to the board in three or four days," Rao told reporters after the hearing, which lasted for six and a half hours.
There were one-to-one sessions with each of the four persons and there was also a cross examination session, though in a preliminary inquiry it is not always required, Rao said.
"All the parties were given an opportunity to present their case. Everything was recorded and also the transcripts were done. Now I will go through all the recorded statements and form my opinion. Then I will submit the report to the BCCI," he added.
Asked whether a lot of documents were given by the parties, Rao said that it is a confidential matter. "All the papers will be handed over to BCCI."
On whether he would be required to give his initial finding to the board's working committee, which meets in New Delhi tomorrow, Rao said, "I don't think so. Unless the board asks me to give something."
Two national selectors, Roy and More, alleged last week in a written complaint to the board that Kale offered them Rs 10 lakh each for selection into the Indian team for Australia tour.
The board then suspended kale and appointed Rao to probe into the matter. Bureau Report