Firing a fresh salvo at the beleaguered Delhi and District Cricket Association (DDCA), former Test cricketer and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Kirti Azad on Wednesday alleged that the Serious Fraud Investigation Office (SFIO) report on the association was not acted upon.
Alleging that the “Board of Control for Cricket in India [BCCI] and its affiliates were above the law of the land,” Mr. Azad wondered how the DDCA members, who did not pay penalty as required by the SFIO report, got away without being prosecuted.
“The SFIO enquiry was set up as per the Companies Act 1956. Section 5G says if a director or executive committee member of a company has not been authorised with a particular duty and the Registrar of Companies [ROC] has not been informed and the information is not updated on the website, then in case of any irregularity all the directors/executive committee members of the company have to do compounding [pay penalty],” said Mr. Azad, addressing a press conference here.
“The 32nd point of [the] SFIO report speaks about the violation of Section 5G. They said that there were 27 people, including 24 executive members and three government nominees [appointed by the Congress], whose work was not assigned.
“Only three of them have done compounding. That’s why the SFIO has recommended the ROC to prosecute the 24 people who have not done compounding. This report came in 2013. But there has not been any prosecution.
Case of fraud
“This is a case of fraud, bypassing the law of the land…Who will answer why action has not been taken against these 24 people? Will the ROC and Ministry of Corporate Affairs give answer to this? Will they send warning letters? Will the people against whom action has not been taken be suspended?”
Mr. Azad said even the DDCA had been ignoring the Central Bureau of Investigation requests for furnishing documents as the investigating agency had been conducting enquiry into various corruption cases in the DDCA.
Taking a dig at politicians who are holding important posts in sports bodies, Mr. Azad said, “You cannot wear two hats. Either you stay in Parliament or be in a sports association.”
