adminNEW DELHI. — India’s Supreme Court yesterday suggested a fresh enquiry into the spot-fixing scandal surrounding the Indian Premier League, further delaying N. Srinivasan’s return as the country’s cricket chief. The court proposed a three-member panel headed by a former judge to investigate the scandal that has rocked the popular Twenty20 league run by the Board of Control for Cricket in India.
“We want this committee to probe the spot-fixing and this committee will report to us,” said A.K Patnaik, one of two judges hearing the case.
Patnaik also told the court that the BCCI’s lawyers must reply to the proposal at the next hearing today.
The probe will be separate from contin uing investigations by police, who have filed charges in court against a string of officials, players and bookmakers in the scandal.
Srinivasan (68), widely regarded as the most powerful man in world cricket, has been barred by the court from taking charge since his election as the BCCI chief for a third year on September 29.
A cricket body in the eastern state of Bihar which is not affiliated to the BCCI had asked the court to prevent Srinivasan’s return on moral grounds because his son-in-law had been charged in the scandal. — AFP.
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