The CoA chief Vinod Rai on Monday overruled acting BCCI president C.K. Khanna’s decision to form a four-member committee to investigate the security lapse during a Ranji Trophy game at Palam, saying such a move would have been futile considering it is an Air Force-owned facility.
“I find that the acting president did not get himself briefed by the BCCI administration before deciding to constitute the said committee. There was no consultation with the CoA either on this issue,” Rai wrote in his reply to Khanna and other officials.
“It needs to be appreciated that the Palam ground is an Air Force ground. Security of armed forces premises are managed by the Armed Forces themselves and they will not allow BCCI or any other civilian agency to undertake investigation of either its premises or provide documents.”