Former IPS Spills the Beans On Rahul Johri-Vinod Rai’s ‘Father-Son Relationship’

Former IPL and BCCI Anti-Corruption Unit (ACU) chief Neeraj Kumar has claimed that CoA Vinod Raid was partial and paid almost no attention to the complaints of Rahul Johri, who was then the BCCI CEO. He called them the ‘father-son duo’.

In the book, Kumar also mentions that Vinod Rai, the head of the BCCI’s Committee of Administrators (CoA) appointed by the Supreme Court to handle the governance of the BCCI in 2017, and Rahul Johri, the then BCCI CEO, enjoyed a ‘father’ relationship. . -Son relationship, where “the father didn’t want to hear anything against his prodigal son”.

Kumar claims that he brought several issues related to Johri to Rai’s notice.

“He always listened to me patiently and made me feel that he was on my side and would suitably discipline Rahul Johri. But I saw that he did nothing of the sort,” he writes.

“Looking at the sequence of events, I am horrified and angry. The defaulting CEO had conspired with the Chief Administrator to embarrass me and put the blame for his mistakes on me in a meeting and as a journalist shared his plans with.

“Even more sad was the fact that Rai pretended to be on my side only hours earlier and conducted the meeting himself according to the script for his CEO, even though he knew all the facts,” he says. .

Kumar also writes that “with the departure of Anurag Thakur, who had a tight control over Johri, the CEO gradually came into his own. Johri, who had political clout with the backing of a powerful Union minister, became Rai’s favourite.

According to the author, the main focus of cricket administrators is India It should be to ensure that the assistance – monetary or otherwise – reaches only those in need of assistance for struggling sportspersons at grassroots level.

Kumar also writes that Indian fans actually get a raw deal.

(PTI Inputs)

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