“Now it is convenient to say that everything was in the air. You had received information of betting, but did it not occur to you to even to look into what sort of information this was, collect more and hand it over to the BCCI,” Justice Kalifulla asked IPL COO Sundar Raman.
To this, Mr. Giri submitted that Mr. Singh could have himself gone to the BCCI with his information. BCCI counsel C. Aryama Sundaram also intervened to clarify that it was the ICC-ACSU which had to act on tip-offs about any illegal activity.
“What authority does a paid employee have? I need material, otherwise my job would be in jeopardy,” Mr. Raman said through counsel.
“What material evidence did you expect? Did you think these people kept cash books and ledgers on their betting activities?” Justice Thakur asked.
“I [Mr. Raman] did act. I told the ACSU chief if he had any actionable information, please take action,” Mr. Giri submitted.
The Bench further questioned Mr. Raman about his alleged communications with a bookie’s contact, whom Mr. Giri identified in court as Vindoo Dara Singh.
Mr. Raman denied that he knew Mr. Dara Singh was a “contact of a bookie.”
