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Dalmia shaken by CBI raids

Rifat Jawaid in Calcutta

Former International Cricket Council president Jagmohan Dalmiya alleged on Monday that a witch-hunt is on against him.

Soon after the completion of the raids carried out by the Central Bureau of Investigation at his residence and offices in Calcutta, Dalmiya told reporters that he is "shaken at today's development."

Dalmiya said the CBI officers wanted some papers in connection with the telecast rights case.

He said when the CBI sleuths arrived at his residence in the morning he was fast asleep.

"The team comprised two officers each from Delhi and Calcutta. They inquired whether I could furnish papers relating to television rights deals in the past few years. They wanted the correspondence between Doordarshan and Stracon relating to the 1997 Wimbledon and the 1998 ICC knockout tournament deals,"

Dalmia said he failed to understand how the investigators expected to him to possess papers concerning games other than cricket.

"They also asked me whether I had the correspondence between Doordarshan and World Tel related the 1997 Independence Cup and the 1998 ICC Knockout Cup. Once again I told them I had nothing to do with the two deals," Dalmiya added.

Dalmiya said the CBI team also inquired about papers related to deals between Doordarshan and UTV.

"As a former head of ICC I have access to documents related to only cricket. There are 30 other sports associations with whom the Doordarshan must have had correspondence for TV rights. I asked them to go and ask these sports bodies for papers," Dalmiya said.

He said he did not make a deposition before the investigative team and nor was his statement recorded.

Dalmiya said even after representing India on the international cricket's highest body, some people were busy settling personal scores with him.

When asked who these people could be, he said: "I don't know. But one thing is clear there are certain people at whose behest this witch hunt is on against me."

The CBI refused to comment on Monday's raids.

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