Goa Cricket Association Fraud: Enforcement Directorate to Probe Case

The Enforcement Directorate is likely to probe the alleged fraud case involving Goa Cricket Association's senior officials, who were earlier arrested by state police and are currently out on bail.

When contacted, a senior ED official on Sunday said that they would be investigating the case as the offence has already been registered on June 6.

The Economic Offences Cell of the local police had on June 15 arrested GCA President Chetan Dessai, Secretary Vinod Phadke and Treasurer Akbar Mulla on the complaint of GCA life-member Vilas Desai that they had allegedly encashed a cheque given by BCCI to GCA.

The trio are accused of having misappropriated the funds to the tune of Rs 3.13 crore between 2006 and 2008. GCA's life members, including Prasad Fatarpekar, Vilas Desai and Hemant Angle had brought to BCCI's notice about the alleged financial fraud committed by trio.

Fatarpekar along with Vilas Desai had filed police complaint against the accused and demanded that the ED should inquire into the financial dealings of the cricketing body from 2007 onwards. Fatarpekar said they had to approach the ED after BCCI constantly ignored their communications exposing the misdeeds in the GCA.

"We have been writing to the BCCI since last one year highlighting the corruption by the trio, but our letters fell on their deaf ears," he claimed. On Friday last, a local court had granted bail to the three arrested persons, with the condition that they would stay away from GCA office for 15 days and report to the investigating officer for four days.