Pawar in trouble? HC takes up perjury case

Kolkata: It's the BCCI versus Jagmohan Dalmiya. Now, the former cricket board chief has filed an FIR against the BCCI's top brass accusing them of embezzlement.

Dalmiya filed the case against Sharad Pawar and Niranjan Shah among others. He has accused the cricket body of misappropriating funds of Rs 240 crores in a television rights deal.

The Calcutta High Court will now be hearing the case of the 18th of April. Dalmiya's retaliation comes just two days after he was arrested and then released on anticipatory bail in Mumbai. He was facing charges of misappropriating funds to the tune of 2.9 crore rupees during the 1996 world cup.

PTI adds:

The Calcutta High Court on Friday took up a perjury case filed by Jagmohan Dalmiya against BCCI and its president Sharad Pawar for allegedly producing false documents before the court.

The Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of Mumbai Police has also filed an over 5,500-page charge-sheet against Dalmiya and two others after investigating the case filed by the BCCI.

The perjury case was filed by Dalmiya on July 20, 2007 on the day the High Court had declared that his suspension from the board was illegal.

The former top boss of Indian cricket had alleged in the perjury case under Section 340 of Criminal Procedure Code that the Board had submitted false documents before the court.

Apart from the board and Pawar, the perjury case was filed against Niranjan Shah, Shashank Manohar and Chirayu Amin - all top functionaries of the present BCCI management.