{"id":4929,"date":"2008-03-25T00:29:00","date_gmt":"2008-03-24T18:59:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.indiauncut.com\/?p=2549"},"modified":"2008-03-25T00:29:00","modified_gmt":"2008-03-24T18:59:00","slug":"presumed-guilty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indiauncut.com\/presumed-guilty\/","title":{"rendered":"Presumed Guilty?"},"content":{"rendered":"

PTI reports<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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Former BCCI President Jagmohan Dalmiya has been found to have misappropriated over Rs 2.90 crore of the cricket body’s funds during his tenure, police said on Monday.<\/p>\n

Acting on a case filed by the BCCI in March 2006 after Union Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar took over as head of the game’s governing body, the Economic Offences Wing (EOW) has found that Dalmiya diverted funds meant for legal fees towards other expenses including paying for personal phone bills.<\/p>\n

[…]<\/p>\n

The crime branch will be filing a chargesheet against Dalmiya, Gautam Dutta and KM Choudhary in the matter on Wednesday in a local court, he said.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

I don’t get it. The chargesheet hasn’t been filed yet, and the newspapers report that Dalmiya “has been found<\/i> to have [blah-blah]”. It’s as if the cops and investigative agencies in the country pass judgement on crimes, not the courts. Surely an “allegedly” in there wouldn’t have harmed the story too much.<\/p>\n

I’m not supporting Dalmiya here, who may well be guilty for all I know. But a judgement on that should come from the courts, not from the cops investigating him or the press, seeking a story but unconcerned about what the truth may be.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

PTI reports<\/a>:<\/p>\n

\n

Former BCCI President Jagmohan Dalmiya has been found to have misappropriated over Rs 2.90 crore of the cricket body’s funds during his tenure, police said on Monday.<\/p>\n

Acting on a case filed by the BCCI in March 2006 after Union Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar took over as head of the game’s governing body, the Economic Offences Wing (EOW) has found that Dalmiya diverted funds meant for legal fees towards other expenses including paying for personal phone bills.<\/p>\n

[…]<\/p>\n

The crime branch will be filing a chargesheet against Dalmiya, Gautam Dutta and KM Choudhary in the matter on Wednesday in a local court, he said.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

I don’t get it. The chargesheet hasn’t been filed yet, and the newspapers report that Dalmiya “has been found<\/i> to have [blah-blah]”. It’s as if the cops and investigative agencies in the country pass judgement on crimes, not the courts. Surely an “allegedly” in there wouldn’t have harmed the story too much.<\/p>\n

I’m not supporting Dalmiya here, who may well be guilty for all I know. But a judgement on that should come from the courts, not from the cops investigating him or the press, seeking a story but unconcerned about what the truth may be.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,32,14,15,17],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\nPresumed Guilty? - India Uncut<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/indiauncut.com\/presumed-guilty\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Presumed Guilty? - India Uncut\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"PTI reports: Former BCCI President Jagmohan Dalmiya has been found to have misappropriated over Rs 2.90 crore of the cricket body’s funds during his tenure, police said on Monday. 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