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Indian taxmen end raids
HNEW DELHI. July 21: Tax investigators wound up a two-day search of the homes and offices of leading Indian cricketers today after sealing some bank lockers and seizing documents that could be incriminating, officials said, reports Reuters.
The tax raids were the latest twist in a match-fixing scandal that has rocked the sport worldwide.
"All the searches were over early morning. Some lockers have been sealed. They'll be opened on Monday or Tuesday, a senior income tax official who asked not to be named, told this news agency.
Asked if investigators had seized evidence that could show wrongdoing by players or cricket officials, the official said: "Some documents are incriminating.''.
He did not give other details.
National coach Kapil Dev and former captain Mohammad Azharuddin were among those targeted In the hunt for evidence of undisclosed Income which began on Thursday.
The Indian Express newspaper said the rains were codenamed "Operation Gentleman"
In a take-off on the game's traditional reputation as a gentleman's sport.
It said tax officers referred to Dev. who led India to a World Cup victory in 1983 in England, as GC1 — short for Greatest Cricketer of India.
Officials swooped on 84 offices. including 36 in Delhi. In searches which were triggered by a series of revelations that surfaced after Delhi police accused former South Africa captain Hansie Cronje and three teammates of "cheating, fraud and criminal conspiracy" during a one-day series in India last March.
AC Muthiah. president of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI). said he welcomed • the raids but called for an early end to the crisis.
"If the guilty have to be punished. the innocent should not be harassed, the department should come out with the truth at the earliest, so the game of cricket does not suffer." Muthiah told the Star News television channel.
Tax officials said they had seized some evidence of undisclosed income but stressed that match-fixing investigations were criminal in nature and were being conducted separately by the federal police, who
Joined the raids in a coordinated action
Cronje lias denied match-fixiug but admitted to taking money from bookmakers in exchange for information. He was sacked as South Africa's captain in April.
Later, he told a government inquiry in South Africa that Azharuddin introduced him to a bookie when South Africa played a Test series in India in 1996. Azharuddin denied this.
The Indian government ordered the Central Bureau of investigation (CBi) to look into match-fixing allegations fol-lowing Cronje's revelations. All Indian cricketers accused of wrongdoing in (he scandal have denied (lie charges.
Besides Kapil and Azharuddin. Test cricketers Ajay Jadeja and Nikhil Chopra, former International Cricket Council (ICC) president Jagmohan Dahniya and Indian cricket board official P M Rungta were among those whose premises were searched. Junior revenue minister Dhananjay Kumar said on Thursday.
Kumar also said searches were conducted at the offices of Mark Mascarenhas, the head of television firm Worldtel. who also acts as promoter for several cricketers.