Azhar's allegations incorrect: CBI
The Central Bureau of Investigation on Monday said the allegations levelled by former India cricket captain
Mohammad Azharuddin -- that some Bombay players were not
investigated properly by agencies probing the match-fixing scandal -- are 'factually
incorrect'.
"It is all wrong. It is not something new," CBI director
R K Raghavan told reporters, when asked to comment on the
charges levelled by the banned cricketer.
He said all these allegations had surfaced during the
six-month investigations, but "we have come to a conclusion and
on that basis, we have submitted our report to the
government."
Azharuddin had, in an interview to Outlook, said: "Nobody talks of the Rs 70 lakh cash found in Sunil Gavaskar's gymkhana locker. What about Ravi Shastri's Ali Bagh
farm house and other costly properties? How did Vinod Kambli
lose his money from a locker?"
Asked about the investigations into the 'unholy' nexus between cricketers, administrators and the underworld, the CBI
director said, "The probe has begun and we have collected some material and we are in the process of getting more. It will
take some time."
Raghavan said the CBI is also working in tandem with Income Tax authorities to unravel this nexus.
Mail Cricket Editor