All the three players mentioned in Modi’s email to Richardson play for the Chennai Super Kings franchise, whose holding company India Cements has been at the centre of the Supreme Court’s observations on the betting controversy surrounding the IPL, said the newspaper.
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Modi stated that he had been informed by “reliable sources” that the tycoon had paid in cash and kind to the three players.
“The follow-up is there is nothing in that”, BCCI secretary Anurag Thakur said at a press conference.
This, Mr. Modi wrote in a letter and forwarded to David Richardson in 2013, asking him to follow up on it and pass it on to the relevant authorities if deemed necessary.
“The ICC confirms that Mr Modi’s confidential e-mail, which was acquired in June 2013, and which has lately been revealed on Twitter, was offered to the ACSU on the time. There is no information on these players from ICC so far, so it is in a way a clean chit for them to play”, said Thakur.
According to a report in The Indian Express, the BCCI has confirmed that their Anti-Corruption & Security Unit (ACSU) will provide an official report on the matter before the domestic season. It falls under ICC’s purview.
The ED has slapped similar notices on Srinivasan, Manning and Raman as they, along with Modi, were “in-charge of and responsible to the BCCI for the conduct of its business pertaining to the said transaction”.
“If there had been anything in the ICC’s investigations, they would have got back to us”.
It has been more than two months since the issue cropped up, but MCA officials are still in the dark about the identities of their two Ranji Trophy players, both the alleged culprit and the whistleblower, who were involved in another IPL-related corruption attempt.
“We don’t disclose the name of the players”.
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The Royals player, who had reported the approach, had been lauded for declining the offer and then approaching the ACSU with a complaint. “As of now, the enquiry is still not over”, Thakur said.
