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Jolt to N Srinivasan as DDCA sacks president Sneh Bansal for committing fraud

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A routine internal audit of the Delhi and District Cricket Association's books has opened a can of worms. Two weeks after it came to light that president Sneh Bansal transferred a sum of Rs 1.55 crore to three fictitious infrastructure companies, the executive committee took extraordinary step of stripping Bansal of all functioning powers as president and barring him further from casting his vote in the annual BCCI elections.

Former India opener Chetan Chauhan has been asked to take over from Bansal till the elections. CK Khanna will represent and cast DDCA's vote in the BCCI elections, which have been postponed at least till January 31, 2015.
According to BCCI rules, Bansal can still attend the board's meetings in his capacity as North Zone vice-president.

Bansal's fall from grace could be a big jolt to suspended BCCI president N Srinivasan, who has been fighting the battle of his life to stay on as president. As is known, Bansal is a staunch supporter of Srinivasan. But with Khanna now authorised to vote in the BCCI elections, there is every possibility that he will go with the Jagmohan Dalmiya faction.

Bansal's close aide and media manager, Ravi Jain, has also been sacked for holding onto DDCA's cash. Jain was Team India's media manager during the tour of Zimbabwe this year and has been looking after BCCI's media affairs in the zone for quite some time.

DDCA treasurer Gopi Manchanda informed that all documents had been sent to the BCCI. The association has also intimated the board of its decision on Bansal.

This fraud came to light thanks to Lok Sabha MP and former India all-rounder Kirti Azad.

With 17 of the 26 executive committee members and many others asking acting president Chauhan to lodge an FIR against Bansal and his other associates, the Serious Fraud Investigation Office (SFIO) may again carry out a detailed probe to unearth the scam.

"If action is not taken immediately, there is every likelihood of these chaps absconding," former India skipper Bishan Singh Bedi told dna.

"All this falls into perspective when one sees all the manipulations that the auditors have done over the years and how they have drawn large amounts of money, for some 'imaginary' work that they claim to have done for DDCA. It is clear that most of the money that has been siphoned off has been accounted for by repair and maintenance, professional fee, hotels, security, advocates etc," said Azad. "It is obvious that most of these bills are fictitious and have been used to round trip DDCA's money into the accounts of the president and his key aides, who have enriched themselves illegally."

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