Nupur Mehta denied the allegations that she used to lure cricketers - Agenceis
The report had claimed that a few matches in last year’s World Cup were suspicious. “The Sunday Times stands by its story which raises important questions about the integrity of cricket,” said James Mellor, spokesman of the newspaper, to DC exclusively from London.Despite Bollywood starlet Nupur Mehta threatening to sueThe Sunday Times over its report that bookies used her to lure cricketers into match fixing, and the International Cricket Council denying the same, the British newspaper stands by its report.
“We are aware of the comments made by Nupur Mehta,” he said. “Our dossier of evidence will be made available to the International Cricket Council (ICC) which has agreed to investigate the matter in full. In the circumstances, we will be making no further comment at this time.” “We have had many emails on the subject,” said another official of the paper, Olivia.
The ICC, however, has denied to investigate the matter further, nor will it initiate legal action against the paper. Interestingly, the ICC was recently advised by UK-based anti-corruption expert, Bertrand De Speville to commission at regular intervals, preferably biennially, a survey of international and domestic players, officials and administrators, to which the ICC has agreed. The ICC’s ASCU has also been advised to routinely collate and produce statistics of the allegations and information it receives.
Will seek concrete proof from them- Nupur Mehta
I will ask The Sunday Times to show me the proof. Want to know what their concrete information is before claiming big things like “having proof”. I have no clue as to what kind of information they have, but with such statements they are creating a huge pressure on me. Let them show me the proof, I will face it boldly. I am not going to run away anywhere or go into hiding because of all this controversy. I have met my lawyers and we shall go ahead with the required legal proceedings.
Brushing under the carpet?
Anupam Mukherjee, The Fake IPL Player
As far as the public is concerned, their faith in the system has been shaken. Not a single person has been caught for match-fixing in the history of the ICC and the authorities have done nothing ao far. Even today, I read that the ICC has said that they wouldn’t investigate the matter further. These guys claim that these are unsubstantiated remarks of an intoxicated bookie... trying to brush the whole issue under the carpet. No wonder, whenever something out of the ordinary happens on the field, people instantly say, “yeh toh fixed hai”.
It’s time that they investigate the matter
Archana Naraharisetti, Coordinator, Hyderabad Women’s Cricket Association
With the IPL and T20 matches, cricket has become part of Bollywood and vice-versa. There has to be a borderline between the two. Allegations of match-fixing have always been in the limelight with increasing involvement of industrialists and Bollywood stars in the game. But this time it feels too ‘filmy’ to be true. It’s time that such allegations are thoroughly investigated so that the spirit of the game can be revived.
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