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October 31, 2000

NEW DELHI (AP) -- India's federal investigating agency submitted a report Monday to the government, accusing some Indian and foreign cricketers of involvement in a match-fixing scandal, a news agency reported.

However an official of the Central Bureau of Investigation told The Associated Press, on condition of anonymity, that there was not enough evidence to prosecute the players. He said it may be up to the cricket authorities to take action against the suspected players.

The Bureau of Investigation, similar to the American FBI, accused the players on the basis of testimonies of bookmakers, said the news agency PTI, quoting unidentified Bureau sources.

R. N. Sawani, a Bureau joint director, presented the report to federal Sports Minister Sukhdev Singh Dhinda in New Delhi.

Dhindsa told reporters that the government will seek a legal opinion on the report before deciding the next step. He refused to divulge the findings publicly.

The government ordered a probe in April after New Delhi police charged former South African cricket captain Hansie Cronje and three other players with match-fixing after secretly monitoring their phone conversations with bookies during an Indian tour earlier this year.

Indian news reports have said that the Indian players on the Bureau list included former Indian captain Mohammed Azharuddin, Ajay Jadeja, Manoj Prabhakar and Ajay Sharma.

Azharuddin and Jadeja were dropped from the Indian squad two months ago, while Prabhakar and Sharma retired from the game several years ago.

Cronje had named Azharuddin as the cricketer who introduced him to an Indian bookie, but the former Indian skipper has denied this.

Prabhakar, a former Indian all-rounder, had accused former captain Kapil Dev of attempting to bribe him with 2.5 million rupees ($86,750 Cdn) to throw a 1994 match against Pakistan.

Dev has denied the allegation. He quit last month as coach of the Indian squad after he was questioned by the Bureau about Prabhakar's accusation.

In July, income tax officials raided homes and offices of several Indian cricketers, cricket officials and bookies and uncovered huge investments in real estate and fat bank balances.