The summer season of races at Bangalore Turf Club (BTC) will not be disturbed. Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, on Wednesday, cleared the file renewing the licence for holding races till August 31.
Races were cancelled for the past two weeks after the Finance Department, the licensing authority for races at the club, refused to renew the licence for June citing a probe by the CID into alleged mismanagement of the club’s affairs, including a doping scandal. The licence needs to be renewed every month.
The decision comes in the wake of a delegation of the BTC management calling on the chief minister with a request to ensure the sport is not disrupted while assuring full co-operation with the investigation.
BTC Chairman Y. Jagannath said members are happy that the summer race schedule would be not disrupted.
Meanwhile, all five individuals named as accused in the FIR registered by the High Grounds police in April 2017 over the alleged doping of horse Queen Latifa secured anticipatory bail from a local city court. They also recorded their statements before the investigating officer on Wednesday. They have been summoned for questioning on Thursday, sources said.
