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Board treasurer threatened to liquidate me, alleges BCCI CFO

The chief financial officer (CFO) of the board Santosh Rangnekar alleged that treasurer Anirudh Chaudhry had three times threatened to "liquidate" him.

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The fight between the officials of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) and the Supreme Court-appointed Committee of Administrators (COA) took an ugly turn on Wednesday.

The chief financial officer (CFO) of the board Santosh Rangnekar alleged that treasurer Anirudh Chaudhry had three times threatened to "liquidate" him. And the latter claimed that these allegations are lies because he had pointed out mistakes in certain financial transactions.

This was revealed by the amicus curiae Gopal Subramanium when he produced an email, in the Apex court, written by Rangnekar to COA chief Vinod Rai on October 11 — nearly nine months after he claims to have received the first threat from Chaudhry.

Rangnekar, who was also present inside the courtroom during the hearing, has reportedly cited three incidents between January 21 and October 6 (eight & a half months) when Chaudhry took him aside after meetings and on one occasion had even allegedly suggested "I should take Potassium Cyanide (which is a killer potion) instead of a Solvine (a tablet for throat infection)".

Rangnekar also claimed that on two other occasions, Chaudhry used words like "khallas kar doonga" (Will finish you off) and "evaporate" in order to prevent him from performing his assigned job.

The special bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra, Justices AM Khanwilkar and DY Chandrachud, who were hearing the case, directed Chaudhry to file a response to the same in two weeks.

Magic drug or Cyanide?
Stepping out of the court Chaudhry said, "I'm shocked. I am shocked at the blatant lie. I only expressed my views (to the CFO) on some financial transactions, which probably were not palatable to them."

Rangneka did not speak to the media about his complaint.
Chaudhry has recently written a mail to the COA pointing out a mistake by the CFO, who made BCCI lawyer in SC a payment twice — Rs 3.15 lakh each — for the same period. Rangnekar termed it as a "human error" in his reply.

As far as his alleged suggestion to take potassium cyanide instead of a cough syrup, Chaudhry said Rangnekar's "lie" can be caught in his text message.
This alleged suggestion is supposed to have taken place when the two of them, along with another BCCI employee Gaurav Virmani (attached to treasurer office), met at the Pavilion Coffee Shop of ITC Maurya at 1.30 pm on October 6.

Chaudhry showed a WhatsApp message sent by Rangnekar to to Virmani three-day later (October 9) where he asked for the "magical medicine" given to him before the said BCCI Finance Committee meeting in Delhi.
"Hi, sir ji, can you tell me the magical medicine you gave me on throat problem?" was his whatsapp message sent to Virmani on October 9.

Chaudhry claimed that if if he had indeed suggested potassium cyanide how come he did not remember it three days later and even called it "magical medicine"
And about the other threats, Chaudhry said, "Have you heard anyone in north India using word like 'khallas'? This is a typical Mumbai dialect and he (CFO) probably used it in panic."

Chaudhry questioned the timing of Rangnekar's mail and why for nearly nine months he chose to remain silent.
"Is this because I've been asking questions related to financial matters? No one can silence me. He (CFO) must get ready to prove his allegations in the Court or face a defamation case," said Chaudhry hinting at his future course of action.

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