Why am I cynical about the ultimate outcome of the match fixing probe and why do I keep questioning the actions of the Delhi police in this regard, simply because I know deep down that this is nothing more than a storm in a raging tea cup.......
A similar exercise was carried out or enacted way back in 1996 too when the match fixing scandal hit the headlines and shamed cricket as a whole; the then skipper of the Indian team Mohammad Azharuddin, the then team physio Dr. Ali Irani and Ajay Sharma were served with life bans, five year long bans were slapped on Ajay Jadeja and manoj Prabhakar but the same were lifted by the Delhi high court in all it's wisdom within any time at all........
While the indomitable Kapil Dev Ramlal Nikhanj as well as then Indian stumper Nayan Mongia were exonerated of all charges as the case against them was never proved; so much for so called life bans, their deterrent effect and their efficacy.......
A massive cover up exercise is on even as we speak, informed sources in the know of things have let the cat out of the bag and confirmed that the very same BCCI which is holding out the threat of life bans and some such is also mounting a rousing defence for the three cricketers who find themselves involved in this imbroglio.......
Come on wake up and smell the coffee, do you really expect a society(?) whose very president has flouted it's constitution and who owns an IPL franchise despite any BCCI office bearer not being allowed to do the same to take punitive action against the three alleged culprits and make an example out of the three of them.......
We have all seen the ultimate outcome of a similar lifetime ban; Mohammad Azharuddin is now a respected member of parliament from the ruling party and more than welcome at official BCCI functions and gatherings as the Andhra Pradesh High court questioned the veracity and validity of the very same and issued express instructions to the BCCI about lifting the same........
The confessions and clinching evidence being touted by the Delhi police is best taken with a pinch of salt, the evidence being furnished is circumstantial at best and may willy nilly collapse under the intense scrutiny that it will be subjected to in a court of law.......
As for the so called confessions, the less said the better, these confessions have no legal standing or validity whatsoever as they were recorded in custody and without the presence of a judicial magistrate, the law only recognises those confessional statements which are recorded in the presence of an officer of the court and the same may only serve as some kind of pointer or basis for the ongoing investigations.......
Let me clarify that I am not an advocate for these three allegedly tainted players nor hold any kind of brief or candle for them, but I also firmly believe that any and every individual is innocent until proven guilty beyond all reasonable doubt and also happen to know that a protracted and long drawn out legal battle stares us in the face and many moons will have passed before we see the ultimate outcome of the same.......
In the meanwhile both the media as well as the fans of the glorious game of cricket would have put this unfortunate occurrence behind them and moved on, and that is precisely why I called the same a storm in a raging tea cup which will blow over in due course..........
A similar exercise was carried out or enacted way back in 1996 too when the match fixing scandal hit the headlines and shamed cricket as a whole; the then skipper of the Indian team Mohammad Azharuddin, the then team physio Dr. Ali Irani and Ajay Sharma were served with life bans, five year long bans were slapped on Ajay Jadeja and manoj Prabhakar but the same were lifted by the Delhi high court in all it's wisdom within any time at all........
While the indomitable Kapil Dev Ramlal Nikhanj as well as then Indian stumper Nayan Mongia were exonerated of all charges as the case against them was never proved; so much for so called life bans, their deterrent effect and their efficacy.......
A massive cover up exercise is on even as we speak, informed sources in the know of things have let the cat out of the bag and confirmed that the very same BCCI which is holding out the threat of life bans and some such is also mounting a rousing defence for the three cricketers who find themselves involved in this imbroglio.......
Come on wake up and smell the coffee, do you really expect a society(?) whose very president has flouted it's constitution and who owns an IPL franchise despite any BCCI office bearer not being allowed to do the same to take punitive action against the three alleged culprits and make an example out of the three of them.......
We have all seen the ultimate outcome of a similar lifetime ban; Mohammad Azharuddin is now a respected member of parliament from the ruling party and more than welcome at official BCCI functions and gatherings as the Andhra Pradesh High court questioned the veracity and validity of the very same and issued express instructions to the BCCI about lifting the same........
The confessions and clinching evidence being touted by the Delhi police is best taken with a pinch of salt, the evidence being furnished is circumstantial at best and may willy nilly collapse under the intense scrutiny that it will be subjected to in a court of law.......
As for the so called confessions, the less said the better, these confessions have no legal standing or validity whatsoever as they were recorded in custody and without the presence of a judicial magistrate, the law only recognises those confessional statements which are recorded in the presence of an officer of the court and the same may only serve as some kind of pointer or basis for the ongoing investigations.......
Let me clarify that I am not an advocate for these three allegedly tainted players nor hold any kind of brief or candle for them, but I also firmly believe that any and every individual is innocent until proven guilty beyond all reasonable doubt and also happen to know that a protracted and long drawn out legal battle stares us in the face and many moons will have passed before we see the ultimate outcome of the same.......
In the meanwhile both the media as well as the fans of the glorious game of cricket would have put this unfortunate occurrence behind them and moved on, and that is precisely why I called the same a storm in a raging tea cup which will blow over in due course..........
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