Case filed against Goa Cricket Association president

Charges have been filed against Chetan Dessai, the president of Goa Cricket Association (GCA), Vinod Phadke, the secretary of the association and Akbar Mulla, the treasurer, by the Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of Goa Police in connection with a fraud of INR 3.13 crore in two different cases.

The First Information Report (FIR) was filed based on the complaints made by Vilas Desai, a life member of the GCA, against the trio for forgery of signatures and siphoning of funds from bank accounts. The police complaint mentions that the accounts were opened by all the three accused between October 23, 2006 and May 23, 2008 when they were not holding official positions. Back then, Dessai was the secretary of the cricket board while Phadke was the treasurer.

“They prepared forged and fake documents as well as resolution of GCA and submitted it to Development Credit Bank to open an account. The alleged accused then encashed the cheque of INR 2.87 crore given by Board of Cricket Control of India (BCCI) to GCA,” the complaint said.

According to a PTI report, the Police have registered a case under section 408, 409 (criminal breach of trust), 419 (cheating my impersonation), 463, 464, 468 (forged document), 471 (fraud), 420 (cheating) and 120 B (criminal conspiracy) of Indian Penal Code.