Life ban on Dalmiya

BCCI imposes life ban on Dalmiya
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The Board of Control for Cricket in India imposed a life ban on Jagmohan Dalmiya for misappropriation of funds and stated that the former president would not be allowed to hold any position at the national or state level.

The decision was taken at a Special General Body meeting of the BCCI in Jaipur on Saturday. The vote went overwhelmingly against him by a 29-2 margin.
Dalmiya would hence cease to be president of the Cricket Association of Bengal and National Cricket Club.

The BCCI took the decision following embezzlement of funds to the tune of Rs 42 crores.
Dalmiya, in his reply to the BCCI, had provided vouchers of only 272 transactions.
BCCI vice-president Shashank Manohar told reporters, "Dalmiya could not provide any explanation for the misappropriation of the funds following which he was expelled."


Dalmiya would also be not allowed to re-apply for another three years. Even then, he would be allowed re-entry only if two-third members of the board pass his name.
The former BCCI chief had challenged the legality of the disciplinary committee and also the convening of a special general meeting.

He had also claimed that as per board`s rules and regulations, any disciplinary issue should be resolved within six months and since the process against him had commenced on February 27 this year, it was no longer valid.

Dalmiyahad moved the Madras high court seeking a stay on the meeting but his application was rejected on Friday.

 

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Really breaking news for indian cricket, that Jagmohan Dalmiya has been expelled from the organisation following accusations of financial irregularities.

'Jaggu', as he is called by his friends and foes alike, rose slowly but surely up the ranks of cricket officialdom. After a humble beginning with his home association - Cricket Association of Bengal - he switched to the BCCI and then went on to occupy the highest administrative position at the International Cricket Council.



The Special General Body of the Board, which met in Jaipur and heard him on the charges levelled against him, adopted a resolution that expelled him from the Board and barred him from holding any position in any organs of the cricket body, including state associations.

Dalmiya was voted out by a majority of 29-2 at a special general body meeting of the board (BCCI) in Jaipur.

The two votes in his favour came from the Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB) and a Kolkata-based club.

The decision means Dalmiya will not be able to hold any post related to the BCCI.

The 66-year-old has the right to appeal, but only after three years.

 

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Battle not over yet for Dalmiya

Battle not over yet for Dalmiya

NEW DELHI: Jagmohan Dalmiya was floored by the BCCI punch on Sunday, but sources close to him insist that 'Jagguda' is a victim of witch-hunting and will fight back.

Come what may, it is clear that Dalmiya is going to fight it out. In the next two days he is going to consult his lawyers and try to defend his case. He is not going to give everything away just like that. After all, he is a former ICC president.

"But the problem here is if whether he will get support from the Cricket Association of Bengal or not," the source said. Meanwhile, BCCI sources said that if CAB backs Dalmiya, it will not be allowed to attend BCCI meeting henceforth.

Sources revealed that Dalmiya has been shocked by the 29-2 verdict of the Special General Body Meeting (SGM) of the board. Apart from the CAB, of which he is the President, and the National Cricket Club (based in Kolkata), none of other state association members voted in favour of Dalmiya. Not even his close associates like Ranbir Singh Mahendra (Haryana), SK Nair (Kerala), Brijesh Patel (Karnataka) and Amitabh Choudhary (Jharkhand).

But the Sharad Pawar led regime is not surprised. One of the top BCCI officials said: "We knew this would eventually happen and we are not surprised by the verdict. During the meeting, we gave him 20 minutes to present his case but he again tried his best to confuse all of us.”

But why didn't Dalmiya appear before the BCCI disciplinary committee when he was asked to do these last six months? "It takes time to collect all the vouchers, bills and supporting documents to support his case and the current administration was not willing to show any level of patience with him," a Dalmiya camper said.

But Dalmiya is looking at all legal options and will address the media on Monday. He is unhappy with the fact that he had submitted a 46-page report, which the disciplinary committee didn't bother to read.

"They didn't give a patient hearing to Dalmiya. They had all come in the meeting with an agenda to expel him without noting his contribution to the game. This is a very sad day for cricket," Dalmiya's close associate revealed.


The PILCOM puzzle

Dalmiya has been accused of transferring funds from a PILCOM account to the Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB), of which he is president, in an unauthorised manner and of not submitting satisfactory accounts of the PILCOM money to BCCI. Questions have also been raised about $4.4 million (roughly Rs 20 crore) apparently missing from PILCOMs accounts.

PILCOM was a joint committee set up by the three co-hosts of the 1996 World Cup and the revenue generated was to be shared by their boards. The Pakistan board was not paid its full share, ostensibly because the account ran into tax problems and legal hassles.

There were at least three PILCOM accounts -two in IOB (Kolkata) and another with Citibank (London) that were controlled by Dalmiya, who was PILCOM's convenor secretary.

The new BCCI regime, which recently called for an inquiry, has discovered that money was withdrawn by CAB from one of PILCOM's IOB accounts. But Dalmiya told the working committee the PILCOM account (No 100061) in the name of INDCOM was frozen in 1996.

However, the second account (No 1223) remained operational until it was closed on February 4 this year, without the approval of the Board.

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