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CBI Arrests HCA President as ED Seeks Custody Over New Financial Irregularities

The Telangana Cricket Association has sought intervention from the BCCI, Supreme Court and other authorities to restore governance following CBI arrests and an expanded ED probe.

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Overview

  • The Central Bureau of Investigation arrested Hyderabad Cricket Association president A. Jagan Mohan Rao and four other office-bearers on charges of document forgery and fund misappropriation.
  • The Enforcement Directorate has added fresh financial irregularities to its ECIR and plans to obtain custody of the accused for detailed questioning.
  • Hyderabad Cricket Association’s nine-member Apex Council has lost legal legitimacy after the president and treasurer were detained and the secretary became untraceable.
  • The Telangana Cricket Association urged the BCCI, Supreme Court, CID and ED to investigate alleged Rs. 500–600 crore diversions from 2019–22 amid the governance vacuum.
  • TCA officials allege that political figures K. Kavitha and K. T. Rama Rao steered contracts to relatives despite no evidence of cricket infrastructure development.