Published>Wed, Oct 13 10 04:44 PM
Firing a fresh salvo at the embattled ex-IPL czar Lalit Modi, BCCI secretary N Srinivasan filed a complaint with the Chennai city police commissioner on Wednesday morning, alleging the criminal misappropriation of unds of nearly Rs 470 crore.
He said there were several charges against Modi that attracted the provisions of the IPC.
Addressing the media later in the day, city Police Commissioner T Rajendran said the complaint against Modi was in connection with the alleged misappropriation of about Rs 470 crore while he was IPL commissioner.
The total amount includes Rs 425 crore in media rights, Rs 15 crore on security and Rs 29 crore on free commercial air time.
Talking to reporters, Rajendran said Sreenivasan had "preferred a police complaint" against Modi for the criminal misappropriation of BCCI funds totalling Rs 470 crore, mainly on allotting media rights and free commercial rights.
"There are three main charges... It is a detailed complaint that they have given. So we will go through the complaint. It will be investigated by us as BCCI is registered in Chennai," Rajendran said.
Srinivasan, owner of the IPL franchise Chennai Superkings and the president-elect of the BCCI, approached the city police after the recently-concluded annual general meeting of the Indian cricket Board decided to lodge a comprehensive police complaint against Modi.
Only two days ago, the Board had scrapped two IPL teams - Rajasthan Royals and Kings XI Punjab, both said to be connected with Modi - from the next edition of the popular domestic league for alleged contravention of mandatory conditions.
The complaint was filed against Modi and six others for charges including criminal breach of trust (IPC 405), cheating (IPC 415, 420), forgery (IPC 463) and making false documents (IPC 464) including others.
While senior officials refused to reveal more details about the complaint, sources in the city police said the complaint named Modi and six others, including Venu Nair, the South Asia president of World Sport Group (WSG), the sports management company that bagged the telecast rights of the IPL.
The company received Rs 425 crore (USD 80 million) as "facilitation fee" through its Mauritius-based subsidy from the official broadcaster of the games, Sony Multi Screen Media (MSM), in a deal that was allegedly stitched together by Lalit Modi himself.
Nair was grilled by the Income Tax Department in April when the allegation that kickbacks were paid after the deal first surfaced. Even as he admitted that his company received the amount for which it did not pay any tax in India, Nair had denied that it was a bribe and reiterated that the transaction was documented and above board.
The BCCI secretary also named one Ajay Verma in his complaint, sources added.
In a related case, Srinivasan complained to the Commissioner that his e-mail account and mobile phone were hacked and misused by some persons who sent text messages and e-mails to franchise owners and other stakeholders, cautioning them against siding with Modi.
Commissioner Rajendran told reporters that the case has been handed over to the cyber crime cell of the city police for further investigation.
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