SA intermediary had links with Azharuddin

DURBAN, APRIL 13: A south African businessman of Indian origin, with links to some leading Indian cricketers, was named on Thursday as the...

DURBAN, APRIL 13: A south African businessman of Indian origin, with links to some leading Indian cricketers, was named on Thursday as the intermediary between the sacked cricket captain Hansie Cronje and London-based Indian Sanjiv Chawla.

Johannesburg newspaper The Star claimed on Thursday the businessman is Hameed `Banjo’ Cassim, who owns a business called Sweet Junction in the Fordburg area of Johannesburg.

The newspaper alleged Cassim “is the South African who approached Cronje during the recent series between Zimbabwe, England and South Africa”.

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“Sources”, said the newspaper, “introduced Cronje to Sanjiv Chawla, the London businessman whom Indian police say they have on tape talking to Cronje”.

The paper went on to allege that Cassim had links with Mohammad Azharuddin and another former India captain. Although the newspaper said that it had contacted Azharuddin at Bangalore on Wednesday night and that the Indian player had confirmed he and several other international players knew Cassim, Azharuddin denied having spoken to the newspaper.

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