Hardik, Rahul directed to contribute INR 20 lakh each to charity

[saik]

http://www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id/26564220/hardik-pandya-kl-rahul-directed-contribute-inr-20-lakh-charity

 

Hardik Pandya and KL Rahul have been directed to contribute INR 20 lakh (USD 30,000 approx.) each to charity by BCCI ombudsman Justice DK Jain "in order to purge" their "collective indiscretion" on a talk show where they made controversial and offensive comments. The two have already missed five ODIs each as part of a provisional ban pending inquiry. Both are part of India's 15-member squad for the World Cup to be played in June and July in the UK.

The controversy began when their interview on the show Koffee With Karanwas aired in the first week of January. The two made remarks that led Vinod Rai, the head of the Supreme Court-appointed Committee of Administrators (CoA), which is running the BCCI right now, take immediate action. However, in the absence of an ombudsman or an ethics officer in the BCCI, an inquiry couldn't take place and it was decided that the players can't be suspended indefinitely.

Having missed ODIs in Australia and New Zealand, the duo made their comebacks. Their case was handed over to Justice Jain as soon as he assumed the charge of the BCCI ombudsman. He sent a notice to the two players on April 2 and both appeared before Justice Jain in person on April 9 and 10, and repeated the apology they had made in public. The BCCI CEO Rahul Johri also appeared before Jain, and present the CoA's view that missing out on five matches and the match fee for those matches was sufficient penalty in their view.

Jain didn't disagree with it, but added a further direction. "Taking into consideration all these aspects," his order read, "in particular that the player has tendered an apology for the incident without seeking to justify his action, has acknowledged his duty to the society and expressed his willingness to hold himself to higher standards expected of him and has missed out five ODIs; in the interest of justice and fair play, in order to purge his collective indiscretion, it would suffice if the player is directed to…"

The order goes on to direct that the players pay INR 1 lakh each to "most-deserving" widows on 10 constables each of para-military forces and deposit Rs 10 lakh each to a fund created for promotion of cricket among the blind.

[beetle]

Rahul will be fine but gujju bhai Pandya will be hurt.

I saw an interview where he said something like he does not take liberties on the field because he does not want to lose money paying fine.

[Ankit_sharma03]

Charity bhi zabardasti hone lagi, i remeber how MNS forced ppl in bollywood to do charity.........kya farq reh gaya  

[Temujin Khaghan]

Meanwhile, I am still searching for the sexist comments KLR made..

[velu]

victory for the liberals 

[Khota]

This has gone too far. They made a mistake. They should be councelled and people should move on. If it is a repeat offense by them, then you can levy punitive measures. This is wrong.

[sarcastic]

I would have preferred that they were made to do some social service hours like they make them do in Canada or other western countries!

[WC2011INDIA]

1 hour ago, sarcastic said:

I would have preferred that they were made to do some social service hours like they make them do in Canada or other western countries!

I think cleaning toilets would hvae served them right. Got off the hook easily..20 lakhs for these folks is nothing.

[Temujin Khaghan]

Hardik pandya probably has to settle for an ordinary hooker instead of a playboy playmate the next time he visits ceaser's palace. Boohoo bcci you surely hit pandya's sex tourism budget... :p

[rtmohanlal]

Moral of the story : 'do'  all the activities off screen that can be against morality. But  don't 'speak' about that in public. Then that will become 'severe offense'. Effect of hypocrite undeserving feminist pigs   to be in contact with   BCCI. And a  severe awakening to all 'males across the nation as a whole' too.