BCCI secretary N Srinivasan has admitted that the cricket governing body in India was taken for a ride by the suspended Indian Premier League
chairman Lalit Modi, but said they can't put onus on the former
chairman and needed to accept their responsibility for financial
irregularities in the cash-rich tournament.
 BCCI secretary N Srinivasan has admitted that the cricket governing body in India was taken for a ride by the suspended IPL chairman Lalit Modi, but said they can't put onus on the former chairman and needed to accept their responsibility for financial irregularities in the cash-rich tournament. © AFP |
The revelation came into light amidst BCCI's reluctance to come under
the Right To Information Act proposed by sports Minister Ajay Maken,
who has been insisting on making the cricket board more transparent and
accountable to public.
The BCCI had, earlier, blamed Modi for the financial irregularities
during the first three editions of the IPL, claiming that other senior
officials had no idea of wrongdoings since Modi was given a free hand.
TOI reported BCCI president Shashank Manohar stating - "When closely
questioned by the committee" - admitted that the cheques were signed not
by Modi but by Srinivasan, who was the BCCI treasurer, and subsequently
by M P Pandove, who replaced Srinivasan."
Srinivasan stated that: "We were taken for a ride. I know we cannot plead before you that we did not know all this was happening. Your question would be, were you not vigilant? What did you do? I am sorry, sir, there is no defence for me. No defence in front of you. So, I am not pleading that at all. We just put our heads down."
Srinivasan stated that: "We were taken for a ride. I know we cannot plead before you that we did not know all this was happening. Your question would be, were you not vigilant? What did you do? I am sorry, sir, there is no defence for me. No defence in front of you. So, I am not pleading that at all. We just put our heads down."
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