Incriminating papers found in raids on DD biggies

Among those named in the FIR include six Doordarshan officials, owners of three private television networks, some former members of International Cricket Council (ICC) and members of its subsidiary body International Council for Development of Cricket.

The sources said things would be clear only after the raiding teams returned from other cities and comprehensive scrutinising of documents took place.

"It is not a matter of a day as crores of rupees are alleged to have been bungled in granting the television rights of tennis and cricket matches," a senior official of the agency said here.

Meanwhile, the CBI is not yet finished with the murky dealings in cricket and is now investigating the nexus between the underworld mafia and some of India’s leading cricketers and administrators, agency director R K Raghavan disclosed here today.

The probe into this nexus and its ramifications on national security is being conducted both within India and abroad, Raghavan indicated.

"We are going deep into the nexus the underworld has with cricket players and administrators. The nexus has been unearthed but the dimensions are yet to be fully understood," Raghavan told PTI here.

Without disclosing names, the Director said "a few Indian players" have links with the underworld that had been established during the agency’s investigations into the betting and match-fixing scandal.

Asked if CBI investigators would go to Dubai and other Gulf countries as part of this probe, Raghavan said that CBI sleuths kept travelling to various parts of the world. "They are already at it," he added.

Affirming that the CBI inquiry into the betting and match-fixing was not over with the submission of the recent report, Raghavan did not rule out the possibility of a supplementary report on the role of cricketers and administrators.

"Our inquiry is alive. If circumstances warrant we will come out with another report. We are already going beyond the report we have submitted," the CBI director said.

Apart from ramifications for national security, CBI was looking into the nexus between underworld and cricketers from the perspective of money laundering, Raghavan said.