ICC hands two-year Corruption Ban On Indian Owner Of T10 Franchise
Wed 29 Apr 2020, 23:45:34
The International Cricket Council (ICC) on Wednesday banned Deepak Agarwal, an Indian businessman who owned a franchise in the 2018 T10 League held in the UAE, after he admitted to obstructing an ongoing anti-corruption investigation.
Six months of this two-year ban is a suspended sentence due to the cooperation he has offered since admitting his violation of the anti-corruption code.
Agarwal, who owned T10 team Sindhis for a while, was charged as a participant under the code for unfair practices during the 2018 edition.
According to Anti-Corruption Unit's detailed report, Agarwal was charged for destroying evidence in collusion with an unidentified 'Mr X', who is also described as a
participant.
participant.
"Mr Agarwal instructed Mr X to delete all the messages they had entered into between each other and to delete his number from his phone before attending the ACU investigation," the ICC order stated.
Article 2.4.7, under which Agarwal was charged, deals with "...concealing, tampering with or destroying any documentation or other information" which is relevant to an ongoing investigation."
Under the provisions of the Code, Agarwal chose to admit the charges and accepted the sanction in lieu of an Anti-Corruption Tribunal hearing.
"Subject to him satisfying conditions in respect of the suspended part of the sanction, he will be free to resume his involvement in the game on 27 October 2021," the ICC stated.
No Comments For This Post, Be first to write a Comment.
Most viewed from Cricket
.jpg)
.jpg)
Most viewed from Sports
Todays Epaper
English Weekly
AIMIM News
Owaisi hails SC order on Places of Worship Act
Dec 13, 2024
AAP Corporator Tahir Hussain joins AIMIM party
Dec 11, 2024
BJP-SP two sides of same coin: Asaduddin Owaisi
Nov 19, 2024
Latest Urdu News
Most Viewed
May 26, 2020
Do you think AAP will perform better in Delhi polls without alliance?
Latest Videos View All
Like Us
Home
About Us
Advertise With Us
All Polls
Epaper Archives
Privacy Policy
Contact Us
Download Etemaad App
© 2024 Etemaad Daily News, All Rights Reserved.