Srinivasan summoned in another IPL probe
World cricket chief, among others, now being investigated over broadcast fee
Srinivasan, who was last year elected International Cricket Council chairman, was a senior member of the BCCI at the time. Last year he was forced to quit as BCCI chief amid a Supreme Court probe into betting and other scandals involving the 2013 edition of the lucrative IPL. PHOTO: AFP
MUMBAI:
India's top financial policing agency is probing world cricket boss Narayanaswami Srinivasan and others over an alleged $69 million "facilitation fee" paid over broadcast rights for the Indian Premier League (IPL), said an official on Tuesday.
The Enforcement Directorate has issued "show cause notices" to Srinivasan, disgraced former IPL chief Lalit Modi, the country's cricket board and foreign media companies over the fee for the 2009 tournament, said the official.
Part of the fee was allegedly illegally siphoned off to unknown individuals, sparking the probe into the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) of which both Srinivasan and Modi were senior members, according to local media reports Tuesday.
"Srinivasan, Modi and the BCCI have been issued the show cause notices," an enforcement directorate officer said on condition of anonymity.
Former IPL chief operating officer Sunder Raman and president of Sony Pictures Home Entertainment Manjit Singh were also under the agency's scanner, said the officer.
Modi was removed as IPL head in 2010 and later banned for life for holding any positions in the sport over corruption allegations involving a separate case.
Srinivasan, who was last year elected International Cricket Council chairman, was a senior member of the BCCI at the time. Last year he was forced to quit as BCCI chief amid a Supreme Court probe into betting and other scandals involving the 2013 edition of the lucrative IPL.
Last month, the court found Srinivasan guilty of a conflict of interest for having commercial dealings in the sport while heading the BCCI by owning an IPL franchise.
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India's top financial policing agency is probing world cricket boss Narayanaswami Srinivasan and others over an alleged $69 million "facilitation fee" paid over broadcast rights for the Indian Premier League (IPL), said an official on Tuesday.
The Enforcement Directorate has issued "show cause notices" to Srinivasan, disgraced former IPL chief Lalit Modi, the country's cricket board and foreign media companies over the fee for the 2009 tournament, said the official.
Part of the fee was allegedly illegally siphoned off to unknown individuals, sparking the probe into the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) of which both Srinivasan and Modi were senior members, according to local media reports Tuesday.
"Srinivasan, Modi and the BCCI have been issued the show cause notices," an enforcement directorate officer said on condition of anonymity.
Former IPL chief operating officer Sunder Raman and president of Sony Pictures Home Entertainment Manjit Singh were also under the agency's scanner, said the officer.
Modi was removed as IPL head in 2010 and later banned for life for holding any positions in the sport over corruption allegations involving a separate case.
Srinivasan, who was last year elected International Cricket Council chairman, was a senior member of the BCCI at the time. Last year he was forced to quit as BCCI chief amid a Supreme Court probe into betting and other scandals involving the 2013 edition of the lucrative IPL.
Last month, the court found Srinivasan guilty of a conflict of interest for having commercial dealings in the sport while heading the BCCI by owning an IPL franchise.
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