Team Herald
PANJIM: Even as the Economic Offences Cell (EOC) of the Goa Police is investigating the Rs 2.87 cr fraud case in the Goa Cricket Association (GCA), another case of financial misappropriation surfaced on Monday.
Former Ranji player Nilesh Prabhudesai alleged another scam of Rs 5.87 cr, an amount he claimed had come to GCA from the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI). In a complaint to the EOC, Prabhudesai alleged that cheque no 100300 dated 31-03-2008 had come from BCCI but isn’t reflecting in the GCA ledger.
Addressing the media, Prabhudesai said he suspects another fraud in GCA. He said that as per the audit report to GCA members by chartered accountant Patil Manickrao, the payment by BCCI to GCA is not reflecting in the received ledger of GCA and the balance sheet for the financial year 2007-08 and 2008-09.
He mentioned that Dayanand Narvekar was the president and Chetan Desai the secretary of GCA in 2007-08.
“The investigating authorities should take cognizance of my complaint and conduct a thorough and speedy investigation in this fraud. All banks in Goa should be scanned for a similar fake account in the names of the three accused or the State association,” Prabhudesai stated.
Three GCA officials – president Chetan Dessai, secretary Vinod Phadke and treasurer Akbar Mulla – have been arrested in connection with the Rs 2.87 cr fraud.
The trio has been suspended by BCCI from all cricketing activities pending investigations.
