A criminal case has been registered by police against Mohammad Azaharuddin and Ajay Jadeja for cheating and criminal conspiracy in allegedly fixing the one-day cricket match between India and South Africa in Rajkot in 1996.
The commissioner of police Sudhir Sinha told PTI on Wednesday that the case was registered, on a complaint lodged by a spectator, under two separate sections of IPC 420 and 120-B. He said, “Investigations would be conducted after a detailed study of CBI and Madhavan Committee reports on match fixing and if they are found guilty, legal action would be initiated.”

The complainant, Sanjay Vyas, an advocate, in his FIR said that by fixing the Rajkot match played on October 29, 1996 both the senior players had cheated the spectators, who had come to enjoy a fair game.

“It was apparently loss of money and time,” he said in his complaint.

Former Indian skipper Azharuddin was banned for life, while Jadeja was slapped with a five-year suspension from international cricket by the cricket board earlier this month.

Bureau Report