Panaji, Dec. 25: The Goa Cricket Association has been fined Rs 5,000 for fielding its chief Dayanand Narvekar’s son in its under-15 team in violation of rules and that too on the basis of a forged birth certificate, according to documents available here.
The BCCI chief administrative officer Ratnakar Shetty in his letter to the GCA in 2008 indicted the association for illegally fielding his son Ganeshraj Narvekar in an under-15 state level category, but has let them off with a fine of Rs 5,000.
On Friday, GCA member Shekhar Salkar filed a first information report (FIR) against Narvekar, his wife Sushma, son Ganeshraj and Dr Ravindra Chodankar, accusing them of cheating and forging Ganeshraj’s birth certificate to enable him to play as Anish N. for the state in the under-15 category.
Shetty’s letter explains that under BCCI norms, an under-15 category player is allowed to play only for two years and points out that Narvekar’s son Ganeshraj had already played twice in the under-15 tourneys in 2006-07 and 2007-08. Narvekar is also the former vice president of the BCCI.
“The GCA always submits the registration forms late and hence, such violations are not detected on time. You will recollect that even the working committee had expressed displeasure on this. Your association will have to pay a fine of Rs 5,000 for the lapse,” Shetty said in the letter.
Dayanand Narvekar is a sitting Congress legislator from the Aldona constituency and has been the deputy chief minister of the state. He is also one of the main accused in a multi-million-rupee fake ticket scam for an India-Australia One-day International match in 2001.