Team Herald
PANJIM: Goa Cricket Association (GCA) President Chetan Desai, who has been embroiled in a controversy for keeping a huge sum of money in a private bank in the name of his wife and daughter, on Friday said the money was his and not of the cricket association.
Desai deposed before the Economic Offences Cell (EOC) of Goa Police on Friday in connection with eight fixed deposits amounting to Rs 2.48 crore in the name of his wife and daughter which came to light during investigations in the GCA alleged fraud case.
After an hour-long interrogation at the EOC SP’s office at the Police Headquarters, Desai told media persons that the money has nothing to do with GCA case. “It’s my money,” he asserted.
A senior EOC officer said, “We are finding links, if any, of this money accumulated in Desai’s spouse’s name to see if it has any connection with the GCA funds. We have summoned him to ascertain the source of that income.”
Desai, along with GCA secretary Vinod Phadke and treasurer Akbar Mulla, have been accused of forging and misappropriating funds belonging to Goa’s cricketing body.
