Indian Premier League (IPL) chairman Rajeev Shukla made a big statement on the on-going controversy between Indian pacer Mohammed Shami and his wife Hasin Jahan, on Friday.
According to a report published in Deccan Chronicle, Shukla had said that “necessary action will be taken against cricketer Mohammed Shami” after Supreme Court appointed Committee of Administrators (CoA) submits its report on the matter.
In a further development, Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) acting president CK Khanna said that the decision regarding Indian pacer Mohammed Shami’s participation in IPL will be taken after Anti Corruption Unit (ACU) chief Neeraj Kumar files the report.
Meanwhile, Supreme Court appointed Committee of Administrators (CoA) chief Vinod Rai had asked ACU to investigate the corruption allegation made by Mohammed Shami’s wife Hasin Jahan against the Indian cricketer.
“Since ACU chief Neeraj Kumar is investigating and has been given a seven-day time frame, any decision will be taken after he submits his report. The final decision will be taken by the CoA,” Khanna told PTI on the sidelines of the IPL Governing Council meeting.
Earlier on Thursday, Mohammed Shami’s wife Hasin Jahan had sent the complaint copy to Vinod Rai for a probe into her allegations of match-fixing.
“We have sent the details of the complaint that was lodged at Lalbazar (Kolkata Police headquarters) and the copy of the FIR to Vinod Rai,” Hasin Jahan’s lawyer Zakir Hussain said.
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Jahan has alleged that Shami had taken money from a Pakistani woman named Alishba on the insistence of an England-based businessman, Mohammad Bhai. Rai has instructed the BCCI’s Anti-Corruption Unit (ACU) chief Neeraj Kumar to look into the corruption allegations levelled against Shami by his wife.
It all started on March 7, after Hasin Jahan had accused Shami of physical and mental torture.
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Following Hasin Jahan’s complaint, an FIR was filed against Mohammed Shami and four others under sections 498A (Husband or relative of husband of a woman subjecting her to cruelty), 323 (Causing hurt), 307 (Attempt to murder), 376 (Punishment for rape), 506 (Criminal intimidation), 328 (Causing hurt by means of poison, etc., with intent to commit an offence.), 34 (Acts done by several persons in furtherance of common intention) of the Indian Penal Code.