Uttarakhand’s secretary named in FIR after cricketer complains of threats

Cricket Association of Uttarakhand (CAU) secretary Mahim Verma and 6 others from the state cricket unit have been named in an FIR following a criticism filed by the daddy of former Under-19 cricketer Arya Sethi.

According to the FIR registered June 20, complainant Virendra Sethi has alleged that his son was given loss of life threats by Uttarakhand coach Manish Jha, workforce supervisor Navneet Mishra and video analyst Piyush Raghuvanshi through the Vijay Hazare match final 12 months.

The FIR has been registered on the Vasant Vihar police station in Dehradun underneath sections for legal conspiracy (120B), voluntary inflicting damage (323), extortion (384), and intentional insult (504) and legal intimidation (506).

During a observe session in Rajkot, the place the Uttarakhand workforce was based mostly for the Vijay Hazare Trophy in December final 12 months, coach Jha had abused Arya and likewise hit him, the FIR states. Matters received worse when Arya approached Verma, the state affiliation secretary, and knowledgeable him in regards to the incident.

Once he complained to Verma, the FIR states, that Arya was known as to the room of the coach and given loss of life threats. Coach Jha, supervisor Mishra and video analyst Raghuvanshi have been accused of giving loss of life threats. The trio additionally informed Arya that they might rent a hitman, based on the FIR.

Once the workforce returned house, Virender had gone to fulfill Verma at his residence. However, Verma as an alternative of giving him a affected person listening to demanded Rs 10 lakhs to make sure there have been no roadblocks in Arya’s profession on the state stage, the FIR states. Virendra additionally alleged within the FIR that he was threatened by Verma. The others named within the FIR registered on the Vasant Vihar police station in Dehradun are the cricket affiliation’s spokesperson Sanjay Gusain and two different staffers of the affiliation — Satyam Verma and Parul.

Vinod Singh Rana, SHO of the Vasant Vihar Police Station officer, mentioned the investigation is ongoing.

“We have registered an FIR and the investigation process is on. We had formed a small team, which is investigating the matter and had even issued notices to CAU officials but we haven’t heard anything from them. We have been informed that out of seven, two had moved court where they have received protection from arrest. Instead, the police can question them. But we haven’t received a court order in this regard,” Rana mentioned.

CAU secretary Verma didn’t reply to calls or textual content messages.

Allegations of corruption have been levelled in opposition to the CAU not too long ago by impartial MLA Umesh Kumar throughout a session on the Vidhan Sabha.

MLA Kumar, when contacted by this newspaper on Tuesday, mentioned skilled charges paid had shot up immensely although there was no cricket being performed due to the Covid pandemic. “During Covid, CAU distributed Rs 6.5 crore as professional fees, I want to know to whom they paid this money? Before March 2020, the professional fees were around Rs 2.75 crores. During Covid who had lunch and dinner of Rs 1.27 crores? How did they hire cricketing coaches? I raised this in Uttarakhand Sadan too. I think BCCI should intervene, there is very big corruption going on here,” Kumar mentioned.

On the sector the workforce has been on the receiving finish. During the quarterfinal of the Ranji Trophy in Bengaluru, Mumbai beat Uttarakhand by 725 runs, a world document for the very best margin of victory. Uttarakhand have been set a goal of 794 runs however have been bowled out for 69 within the second innings after posting 114 within the first.