rkt.india Posted May 23, 2012 Posted May 23, 2012 http://sports.ndtv.com/cricket/news/item/190495-income-tax-survey-at-sahara-pune-warriors-offices-top-10-developments New Delhi: There are reports that an income tax team has carried out a survey at offices of Indian Premier League (IPL) team the Sahara Pune Warriors India, in Mumbai and Pune. Sources said the reported survey was in connection with allegations of flow of black money in the cash-rich T20 tournament. Here are top 10 developments in the case: 1) An Income tax team from Delhi has reportedly conducted the survey, which is a preliminary step before an investigation. Sources said the IT team had collected some documents to study. 2) Sahara India, which owns the Pune Warriors, has denied that there has been any such IT survey. The company said its IPL team had no office in Pune or in Mumbai. 3) IPL chairman and central minister Rajiv Shukla refused to comment saying this was between the IT department and Sahara India. 4) Detractors say there have been whispers for some time now, but open allegations of black money in IPL surfaced a few days ago when a TV channel conducted what it called a sting operation and purportedly caught several IPL players on tape discussing spot-fixing and being paid by franchises in black over and above the amount fixed by the BCCI. 5) In swift action after the TV sting operation, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) suspended five cricketers allegedly caught on tape. One of them Mohnish Mishra, plays for the Pune Warriors. On tape, Mohnish purportedly talked about being paid in cash by his franchise. 6) After the tapes aired, Sahara India suspended Mohnish from the Pune Warriors. The company later released what it said was a letter from Mohnish Mishra clarifying that he had made those statements "casually" and that he had not been paid in cash by the franchise. "We once again reiterate that Sahara has never paid any amount in cash or otherwise to Mohnish Mishra or any other player, over and above the maximum amount permissible by BCCI for any such player and neither do we believe in this practise of giving black money," Pune Warriors owner Sushanto Roy had said in a press release. 7) On Monday, India's Sports Minister Ajay Maken told Parliament that his ministry had written to the Finance Ministry requesting it to order an Enforcement Directorate (ED) and Income Tax Department investigation into allegations of black money in IPL. 8) Mr Maken had also said that 19 notices had been issued to IPL and BCCI for FEMA violations to the tune of Rs. 1,077 crore. The minister has been at loggerheads with the BCCI over its refusal to come under the RTI and has insisted that the cricket board cannot be trusted to carry out a probe on its own into the spot-fixing allegations made in the TV sting. 9) The issue was raised in Parliament by former cricketer Kirti Azad of the BJP, who made a strong pitch for a special audit by independent people into the conduct of the BCCI and other concerned sports organisations which were registered. Mr Azad was particularly critical of the IPL and even held a dharna at Jantar Mantar in Delhi. 10) Mr Azad's vocal protests were given fuel by more controversy hitting the IPL soon after the sting operation. First, the molestation case in which Royal Challengers Bangalore player Luke Pomersbach was accused of molesting a US woman and then Pune Warriors players Rahul Sharma and Wayne Parnell being detained at a rave party in Mumbai.
bulbul Posted May 23, 2012 Posted May 23, 2012 looks like India TV is bringing changes to country :yay:
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