BCCI Ombudsman Justice ARUN Misra forbade the former co -owner of the Mumbai T20 Gurmeet Singh Bhamrah for corrupt access to the players of Dhawal Kulkarni and Bhavin Thakar during the 2019 issue.
Bulkar, the middle stimulator, also represented India in 12 ODI and several T20 International.
Bhamrah, who was also involved in the now extinct GT20 Canada, is no longer part of the Bombai T20 League, which is revived this year after the forced suspension after the release of 2019.
Copy of the order does not specify the length of the ban, but it can be anything between five years until life ban according to codes against the Corruption Code BCCI.
“After completing the ACU investigation, she submitted her report and in the recommendation that the opponents be accused of Article 2.1.3, 2.1.4, 2.4.1 Read Article 2.5.1 and Article 2.5.2 BCCI against Corruption for Participants.
“ACU also recommended that the relevant orders under Articles 4 and Article 5 of the Code could be taken against the opponents.”
According to ACU BCCI code, any crime will lead pursuant to Articles 2.1.1 or 2.1.2 or 2.1.3 or 2.1.4 for at least five years and maximum lifetime prohibition.
A copy of the order states that a person named Son Vasan has approached Thakkar to correct the matches at Bhamrah’s command. Players described Bhamrah as “Paaji”.
“The transcript of the interview shows that Son Vasan offered Bhavin Thakka’s money and other advantages on the respondent’s order. After deserving the entire offer he submitted on behalf of the opponents, Son Vasan would tell Bhavin Thakka to take over Thakkar.
“Even before Thakkara’s denial to be part of the offense, Vasan also mentioned that he asked him” Paaji “that Thakka’s answer was in a positive offer of insufficiently executive/unlawful conduct,” Paaji “asked to actually be connected to the same telephone call.”
Regarding access to a bulkarity, the order only states that its “statement was recorded ACU” without getting into specifics.
Published:
Sabyasachi Chowdhury
Published on:
18 April 2025
