Hyderabad, July 02: Challenging the inquiry into the allegations of match-fixing against him, former captain Mohd Azharuddin today said that "in the absence of a specific charge showing his specific involvement to benefit other side in a match, he could not put across his evidence". Reiterating his charges against the cricket board (BCCI), its former president A C Muthiah and K Madhavan, who probed the allegations, counsel for Azharuddin argued that "in fact the whole inquiry was conducted in wilderness".
The former skipper's counsel was replying to the arguments made on behalf of BCCI and Madhavan before the second additional chief judge here.
Asserting that "he was given a raw deal in the investigations,” the counsel said the former skipper was "neither issued a charge memo nor was he specifically asked to rebut a particular charge".
The counsel also pointed out that Muthiah and Madhavan had deliberately refused to participate in the trial and hence the court had to draw a negative inference against them. Bureau Report