da stake casino： Police said on Friday that there was “sufficient evidence” ofinvolvement of the Former deputy chief minister and president of theGoa Cricket Association (GCA) Dayanand Narvekar, GCA secretary VinodPhadke and former GCA treasurer Ramnath Shankardas
Staff and Agencies09-Jun-2001* `Sufficient evidence’ against GCA officials, say policePolice said on Friday that there was “sufficient evidence” ofinvolvement of the Former deputy chief minister and president of theGoa Cricket Association (GCA) Dayanand Narvekar, GCA secretary VinodPhadke and former GCA treasurer Ramnath Shankardas in the sale of faketickets for the India-Australia one-day international (ODI) on April6.Deputy inspector general of police, Karnail Singh told reporters inPanaji after their interrogation that it was established that they hada hand in printing of bogus tickets, thereby cheating cricketenthusiasts. Several thousand ticket holders were denied entry intothe stadium on the day of the ODI as it was packed to capacity andthey became victims of police lathicharge, he said.Narvekar was released on conditional bail by the JMFC, Margao onWednesday, while Phadke, who surrendered before the same court, wasgranted conditional bail yesterday. Shankardas, who was arrestedimmediately after the scam was unearthed, is also on bail.* BCCI satisfied with South African tour itineraryThe Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) on Friday expressedsatisfaction with the itinerary released by the United Cricket Boardof South Africa (UCBSA) for India’s tour of South Africa fromSeptember 28 to November 28, BCCI secretary JY Lele said in Mumbai.Lele, who was in the city to attend the tour programme and fixturescommittee meeting, told PTI that “we are more than satisfied with theitinerary, released on Tuesday.”The Indian team will play three Test matches at Bloemfontein, PortElizabeth and Centurion after a triangular series with Kenya as thethird team on their 61-day tour.Lele said there was no decision taken on the two-tier Ranji Trophyformat from this season during the two-hour meeting. “We only slottedthe Ranji teams zonal wise and would be sending them to the respectivezones for their approval,” he added.* Jaitley unanimously re-elected DDCA PresidentIndian Minister for Law and Company Affairs Arun Jaitley, was onFriday unanimously re-elected President of the Delhi and DistrictCricket Association. Jaitley’s name was the only one proposed for thetop post in the body responsible for developing, promoting andconducting cricket in the Capital.In the DDCA elections to be held on June 18, the ruling group of CKKhanna, who is the vice-president of both the Board of Control forCricket in India and the DDCA, is in the fray once again in fullforce.All the office-bearers belonging to his group are standing for reelection to the posts they hold. They include Khanna himself andformer Test cricketer Chetan Chauhan for the post of vice-president,SP Bansal (general secretary), Sunil Dev (sports secretary) andRambabu Gupta (treasurer).