Reveal names of 9 Ind cricketers in sealed envelope: CoA

The Committee of Administrators (CoA) has asked the Supreme Court to reveal the names of nine Indian cricketers who were named by the justice Mudgal Committee after the investigation in the 2013 Indian Premier League spot-fixing scandal. While the Mudgal Committee submitted names of 13 cricketers in a sealed envelope to the apex court, only four of those names have been made public.

In its report submitted to Supreme Court, as a reply to the writ petition filed by Atul Kumar, the CoA asked the Supreme Court to take - "Action against those named by the Justice Mudgal Committee in its report which is currently in a sealed envelope with the Hon'ble Supreme Court. This will send a strong message to all and act as a deterrent"

Rajasthan Royals co-owner Raj Kundra, Chennai Super Kings team principal Gurunath Meiyappan, former BCCI president N Srinivasan and IPL COO Sundar Raman are the only four names revealed till date. While both Kundra and Meiyappan were handed life bans, Srinivasan and Raman were given clean chits.

The sealed envelope was given to the Supreme Court by the Mudgal Committee in February 2014.

Meanwhile, former IPS officer B B Misra, who was a member of the Mudgal panel that probed the 2013 IPL spot-fixing scandal, on Thursday said that he was not able to complete the investigations into the alleged player-bookie nexus due to "lack of evidence".

"Yes, I was investigating a lead that I got about a top India player being in touch with a bookie. However, I didn't have enough evidence," Misra told PTI from Bhubaneswar on Friday.

"Let me clarify time was never an issue as Supreme Court was very co-operative and had we sought more time, we would have got that. But since the bookie in question didn't part with evidence, I had no option but to stop investigations," Misra said.