Last yr when Mohammedan Sporting was making ready to play the I-League qualifiers, it was presupposed to be the brand new daybreak for the membership that been in the shadows of Mohun Bagan and East Bengal for a very long time now. After an entire lot of success early on and changing into an id for the Muslims of the nation, Mohammedan was mismanaged, like most different Kolkata golf equipment, and stopped being related past the Kolkata circle. Ahead of the I-League qualifiers in 2020, Mohammedan revealed a recent brand, jersey and got here with a younger administration, attempting to deliver a brand new entrance. The group did win the qualifiers and made the I-League, the place they even made to the second section. However, now, the membership is again in turmoil.
During the I-League qualifiers, Wasim Akram was the final secretary of the membership after being promoted from the youth improvement chairman place. Even through the qualifiers, Mohammedan had a serious controversy on the sector when Yan Law was sacked by the membership after two I-League qualifying matches for allegedly sharing details about the group with Minerva academy proprietor Ranjit Bajaj. However, off the sector now Mohammedan is in a much bigger mud.
Akram claims that he was pressured out of the membership as a result of he was “asking too many questions”. The previous general secretary always “gave excuses to the supporters” saying it’s a public membership and there isn’t sufficient funding and with the Covid-19 pandemic putting, he mentioned he couldn’t help the membership financially anymore and determined to step away. This is the place Akram got here to the forefront. Akram mentioned that when he took over as the final secretary in July 2020, he had loads of issues in hand. He was appointing individuals, assembling the group for the I-League qualifiers and getting acquainted with the functioning of the membership. Amid all of this, Akram mentioned he acquired a discover from the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI).
The CBI discover, which is in possession of News18.com, summoned paperwork from Mohammedan referring to their investigation into Angel Agritech Group of Companies. In the CBI discover, the company requested for paperwork associated to the receipt of quantity from the mentioned firm and causes for receiving cash from them. CBI additional requested for “inside constitutions/guidelines and laws adopted by the membership for – a. the appointment of the administration. b. getting into into an settlement with an entity”, management details from 2010-2014, documents reflecting receipt of money from the said company and Income Tax Rates (ITRs) filed by the club for the financial period of 2009-2014.
Akram said when he asked the club committee for the above-mentioned documents and details about the same, he didn’t receive any clear answers. “I had to run pillar to post to find documents. Finally upon persuasion, the committee members told me that I could check a couple of bank statements, which were operational at that time. Upon receiving the documents, CBI asked me further questions around the amount received and the income tax submissions and the committee had nothing, they never maintained a book,” Akram mentioned solely to News18.com.
Akram mentioned when he joined Mohammedan, he knew that it was a minority membership and there are not any sponsors, no substantial donations, which is why the membership can’t discipline a correct group. However, he claims when he went via the financial institution statements of simply two accounts (he believes there have been many extra), he discovered large quantities of donations and irregularities in the best way public funds have been drawn out of the financial institution accounts, none of which was used for the functioning of the membership.
He additional claims that vast quantities of self-withdrawal was achieved underneath signatures of the then-president Sultan Ahmed, the then-GS Jamil Manjar (now 25 per cent proprietor and dealing president) and the then-treasurer Amiruddin Bobby (owns 25 per cent of the membership) and no audit of the identical was submitted to the Registrar of Society. The financial institution statements are in possession of News18.com and there are self-withdrawals of upto Rs 50 lakhs in 2012. Akram additionally mentioned that the membership didn’t even file earnings tax returns all these years and no TDS (Tax Deducted at Source) was additionally minimize.
Akram mentioned after being “thrown out of the membership”, he filed a case in the High Court and according to its order, the audit of last 10 years will be done, which includes him as well. According to the High Court order, the executive committee members have also been stopped from using the bank accounts of the club, particularly the ones belonging to Akram.
Akram also claims that after he sent the notice to Mohammedan SC, the committee members called the elections, which was never the norm and something that Akram was questioning when he was at the club.
News18.com has also come under possession of a letter written to the Executive Committee of Mohammedan SC by Mohd. Ismail Khatri against Akram. In the letter, Khatri claims that Akram promised his son Sohail Khatri membership in the club and that he will play in the I-League for the club in return for Rs 5 lakh. Khatri says in the letter that Akram “cheated” him on December 14, 2020.
Akram burst out laughing upon listening to concerning the letter and mentioned that Khatri is near Mohd. Qamaruddin, who’s the present senior vice-president on the membership, and that he has been donating cash to the membership since 2019. Akram additionally shared with News18.com the receipt of the Rs 5 lakh he submitted in the checking account on December 19, 2020, as a result of the donation was made in money.
Akram says the High Court order directs for audit in his functioning as properly and he has nothing to concern. “These individuals need to be punished. They have siphoned public cash. This is a public membership, it’s a public fund and donation has been made with sentiments. They have fooled the supporters and the individuals. They need to be made accountable,” Akram mentioned.
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