Dubai: The International Cricket Council (ICC) had confirmed that it had received a letter from former IPL boss Lalit Modi in 2013 in which Lalit Modi had alleged that three players were bribed by a business tycoon.
On Sunday, Lalit Modi had tweet a letter by which he claimed to have written to ICC CEO Dave Richardson in June 2013, passing on “some information” regarding the alleged involvement of two leading Indian cricketers and a West Indian player received cash and kind from the businessman.
Modi was quoted saying, “Three players, Ravindra Jadeja, Dwayne Bravo and Suresh Raina, are in close contact with real estate tycoon Baba Diwan of HDIL. Reliable sources have informed me that he has paid in cash and kind (flats) to the above three in tune of Rs 20 crore each.”
The International Cricket Council (ICC) on Sunday posted a statement on its website regarding the e-mail and clarified that it acted as per standard procedure.
In an statement, ICC said, “The ICC confirms that Mr Modi’s confidential e-mail, which was received in June 2013, and which has recently been published on Twitter, was provided to the ACSU at the time. The ACSU handled that information in accordance with its standard operating procedures, which included sharing it with the BCCI’s anti-corruption unit.”
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