BCCI ties up with Maharashtra Police to fight corruption

The BCCI has submitted a written request to Maharashtra chief minister Devendra Fadnavis to create a sports integrity Intelligence Gathering Unit (IGU) that will see the board and the Maharashtra Police come together to tackle corruption in Indian cricket.

Manohar, who has long advocated involving central and state security agencies in probing corruption in Indian cricket, had met Fadnavis and discussed the issue last week as per a report in Times of India. His written request to the CM follows a positive response from the latter.

In its quest of strengthening the board’s anti-corruption measures, the BCCI, on its part, is open to part-funding the setting up and running of the IGU, which will be the first of its kind in the country.

The IGU will work in coordination with the BCCI, and share information it collects on cases pertaining to corruption with security agencies of other states to facilitate preventive steps in order to keep the game clean.

The unit will function out of Mumbai and is expected to be fully functional in a month or two, well before the next edition of the Indian Premier League to be played in April-May next year.

 Image: BCCI president Shashank Manohar. Photograph: PTI