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PANAJI
The Goa police probing the alleged misappropriation of Rs 3.13 crore of the Goa Cricket Association have received documents from the Board of Control for Cricket in India on Monday.
Sources said that along with various documents sought by the Goa police the BCCI has provided the Xerox copy of the cheque in question (of Rs 2.87 crore), which was issued to the GCA.
The cheque was issued in October 2006 and deposited in the ‘illegally’ opened bank account in April 2007, sources have claimed.
The balance sheets filed by the GCA before the BCCI is also part of the documents that have been submitted to the Goa police.
The documents received are being examined, the police said adding that if need arises more documents will be sought from the BCCI.
As per the police investigation, a bank account was opened in the Development Credit Bank in the city on April 12, 2007, only to deposit the cheque of Rs 2.87 crore received from the BCCI.
The money was subsequently withdrawn by bearer cheques.
The three accused – GCA president Chetan Desai, secretary Vinod Phadke and treasurer Akbar Mulla – are also accused of siphoning off Rs 26 lakh of the cricket body from another bank account of the GCA.
All the accused are now out on conditional bail. Meanwhile, Sameer Kanekar, the then member of the GCA’s managing committee, has approached a court seeking anticipatory bail. Earlier Luchi Veljee, GCA arbitrator, too had approached the court seeking anticipatory bail.
Economic offences cell of the Goa police probing the case has so far recorded statements of a number of persons connected with the GCA including its former presidents.
The police had summoned former GCA president Dayanand Narvekar twice. However, his wife told the police that he is in Mumbai for medical treatment and no sooner Narvekar returns he will appear before the police.
Narvekar was the president when the incident of alleged misappropriation of funds took place (in 2006-07), as such the police are looking into whether Narvenkar had any role in the case, or whether he could provide any information pertaining to the case.
The police said the BCCI had conducted internal audit and found that there are serious irregularities while utilizing GCA funds and manipulation of audit report. Due to the serious irregularities and manipulation the BCCI has stopped the GCA funds.
The GCA had written a letter to the BCCI after passing the resolution on March 29, 2016 that they are undertaking to rectify the anomalies/irregularities/blockage of assets reported to the BCCI, the police had said.
The police said during the investigation it is noticed that the amount of Rs 2.87 crore is not reflecting in the audit report filed by the chartered accountant.