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Ombudsman asks some tough questions of Pandit
MUMBAI: The ombudsman appointed by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), retired Justice AP Shah, has tightened the screws on Mumbai coach Chandrakant
MUMBAI: The ombudsman appointed by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), retired Justice AP Shah, has tightened the screws on Mumbai coach Chandrakant Pandit over his alleged conflict of interest.
Acting on S Shetye’s complaint, Shah has asked Pandit to furnish several details regarding his links with his academy Chandrakant Pandit Cricket Clinic (CPCC).
Pandit has been asked to “clarify who are the concerned persons running the CPCC? Could you also provide relevant documentary proof that these concerned persons are running CPCC? In particular example, who are the persons named in the balance sheets of the CPCC, and who is making profits out of its operations.”
The ombudsman also wants a reply from Pandit on why he has allowed CPCC to use his name when the former India stumper has stated in his earlier reply that he does not run the academy.
Regarding an allegation on one of CPCC coaches Nilesh Bhosale, who is also Mumbai’s chairman of selectors for U-14 team, the ombudsman wants a clarification on CPCC coaches as on its website Pandit is Director of Coaching whereas Bhosale is the head coach.
Bhosale, it is learnt, has submitted an undertaking to the MCA that he has no conflict of interest.
Meanwhile, Kiran Powar, who recently stepped down as Mumbai U-16 coach, has opened an all-out war against some MCA selectors and coaches, alleging conflict of interest.
Powar has also urged the ombudsman to look into the conflict of interest issues raised against Ramesh Vazge, an MCA Managing Committee member and U-16 chairman of selectors, Prashant Shetty, Mumbai U-16 coach and Dhirubhai Ambani school coach, Dinesh Lad, Mumbai U-12 coach and a school coach, Suresh Shetty, Mumbai U-14 selector and a club coach.
