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The International Cricket Council (ICC) on May 22 charged Bhatinda-based umpire Jatin Kashyap for breaching its anti-corruption code following an investigation into “international matches in 2022”.
The ICC didn’t specify the incidents associated to the breach. Kashyap has officiated in district stage matches in Punjab however isn’t on the BCCI panel.
Kashyap has not officiated even in district matches within the final 4 years and had vanished from State cricket’s umpiring circuit until the worldwide physique sought his background from Punjab Cricket Association (PCA).
Kashyap has been charged with “failing or refusing, without compelling justification, to co-operate with the Anti-Corruption Unit’s [ACU] investigation in relation to possible Corrupt Conduct under the Code… ” “…including [without limitation] failing to provide accurately and completely any information and/or documentation requested by the ACU [whether as part of a formal Demand pursuant to Article 4.3 or otherwise] as part of such investigation.” The second breach pertains to “obstructing or delaying the ACU’s investigation in relation to possible Corrupt Conduct under the Code…
“…together with [without limitation] concealing, tampering with or destroying any documentation or different data which may be related to that investigation and/or which may be proof of or might result in the invention of proof of Corrupt Conduct below the Code,” read an ICC statement.
PCA secretary Dilsher Khanna insisted that ICC charges against Mr. Kashyap have nothing to do with the game in the state.
“The charges don’t have anything to do with Punjab cricket. The launch makes it clear that he has been charged following an investigation into worldwide video games,” Khanna said.
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The ICC has given Kashyap 14 days to reply to the charges.
“In accordance with Code Article 4.6.6, Mr. Kashyap has 14 days from 19 May to reply to the charges. The ICC is not going to make any additional remark in respect of those charges at this stage,” the ICC release added.
While ICC officials don’t want to reveal more, sources in the know of things said that Mr. Kashyap must have been either a conduit between bookies or suspected individuals, who might have featured in the “Persons of Interest” list of the ACU.
“If you take a look at the charges pressed, it does not appear Kashyap is a bookie however could also be a go-between, whose whereabouts have been being tracked throughout worldwide video games,” a BCCI supply within the know of issues informed PTI.
