BCCI COA to SC: Allow probe of nine players mentioned in sealed envelope

COA have requested the Supreme Court to consider submitting all the names of suspected match and spot fixers in a sealed envelope to its anti-corruption unit to conduct a proper investigation

The Committee of Administrators (COA), comprising Vinod Rai and Diana Edulji, marking a significant change to BCCI’s stance have requested the Supreme Court to consider submitting all the names of suspected match and spot fixers in a sealed envelope to its anti-corruption unit to conduct a proper investigation.

In a move that is likely to shake the entire cricketing world, The COA made this suggestion in a report so that it could start investigation on the remaining nine persons names, discovered during Justice Mudgal Committee in its 2014 report.

"The CoA suggests that necessary action (after further investigation, if required) should be taken against the remaining nine persons named by the Justice Mudgal Committee in the aforementioned report. For this purpose, the Honorable Supreme Court may consider handing over the remaining portion of the said report (which is kept in a sealed cover with the Honorable Supreme Court) to the ACU for necessary action in conjunction with relevant authorities," the CoA tells in its submission to the Apex court, according to a report in IndiaToday.

Earlier, while then BCCI president N Srinivisan and IPL COO Sundar Raman were given clean chits by the Justice Lodha Committee,  Chennai Super Kings Team Principal Gurunath Meiyappan and Rajasthan Royals co-owner Raj Kundra were given life bans.

There were 13 names in all which were submitted to Supreme Court in a sealed envelope but only four officials were named.