BCCI files FIR against Dalmiya

The Board of Control for Cricket in India [ Images ] filed a FIR against former BCCI President Jagmohan Dalmiya in Mumbai [ Images ] on Thursday for misappropriation of funds during the 1996 World Cup.

BCCI secretary Niranjan Shah, accompanied by another Board official, came to the Marine Drive [ Images ] police station late in the afternoon to file the FIR.

The two BCCI officials spent a few minutes at the police station but it was still not known whether all the formalities related to the FIR were completed.

Shah did not speak to waiting reporters but a top BCCI source confirmed that a FIR against Dalmiya would be filed.

The new BCCI regime, headed by Sharad Pawar [ Images ], had recently accused Dalmiya of swindling BCCI money during the 1996 World Cup and had also pointed out certain irregularities in the PILCOM account.

The PILCOM (Pakistan-India-Lanka Committee) was formed to conduct the 1996 World Cup which was held in the sub-continent.