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India makes match fixing probe report public |
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April 21, 2000 NEW DELHI, APR 20 (AP) - India's government made public Thursday an investigative report on allegations of match fixing against Indian cricketers and said it was open to a more detailed investigation. Retired Supreme Court judge Y.K. Chandrachud had probed accusations by all-rounder Manoj Prabhakar that some Indian players had indulged in match fixing in early 1990s. "I have no hesitation in rejecting allegations made by Manoj Prabhakar," the report said. "There is no plausible reason why he slept over such information for over six years in one case and three years in another." The probe has been criticized by Indian newspapers as a whitewash, and the government Thursday invited more details on similar allegations. "Persons having specific information regarding malpractices should come forward with such information and they shall be provided adequate protection as required," Sports Minister S.S. Dhindsa said in Parliament. Prabhakar has refused to name anyone, claiming he was not in a India's cricket establishment has been rocked this month by a scandal involving former South African captain Hansie Cronje. Cronje admitted to receiving about 10,000 dlrs from an Indian bookie and said he had "forecast" some matches, but denied fixing them. The case lodged by Delhi Police has whipped up demands that Indian players and officials also be investigated. Police have produced purported phone conversations and charged Cronje and his teammates Herschelle Gibbs, Nicky Boje and Pieter Strydom with fraud, conspiracy and deceiving and defrauding spectators. "Other than the specific First Information Report by the Delhi Police, the government does not have any specific complaint against particular Indian cricketers or office bearers of the Board of Control for Cricket in India," Dhindsa said. |