da betobet： It was another no-show at the Sports Ministry in New Delhi on Tuesday withformer Indian cricket captain Mohammad Azharuddin choosing not to appearbefore a one-man panel to explain why the Arjuna Award conferred on himshould not be withdrawn
09-Jan-2001It was another no-show at the Sports Ministry in New Delhi on Tuesday withformer Indian cricket captain Mohammad Azharuddin choosing not to appearbefore a one-man panel to explain why the Arjuna Award conferred on himshould not be withdrawn.Azhar, who along with Ajay Jadeja and Manoj Prabhakar has been found guiltyof match-fixing practices by the CBI and the Board of Control for Cricketin India’s internal inquiry, had been issued a show-cause notice by theGovernment which said it was considering taking back the Arjuna Awardsconferred on all the tainted players.Joint Secretary JP Singh, before whom Azhar had to appear at 11 am onTuesday, told waiting mediapersons at noon that Azhar would not come.”He was to come at 11 (o’clock). It’s already 12. He won’t come now,” Singhsaid.Prabhakar too had not turned up on Monday and Singh said Jadeja, who is toappear on Wednesday, was also unlikely to come.Azhar, who has been slapped with a life-ban by the BCCI following hisindictment, was conferred the national honour in 1986.