ED registers case against GCA president, two others

Panaji, Sep 16 (PTI) The Enforcement Directorate todayregistered a case of money laundering against Goa CricketAssociation’s president Chetan Desai and two others. "We have registered a case to probe allegations ofmoney laundering at GCA," a senior official said. The FIR filed by ED names Desai, former GCA secretaryVinod Phadke and former treasurer Akbar Mulla. A complaint against them was filed by GCA’s lifemember Prasad Fatarpekar. The ED official said the trio allegedlymisappropriated Rs 2.87 crore given by the Board of Controlfor Cricket in India (BCCI) to GCA. "The accused persons also allegedly withdrew Rs 26lakh from Federal Bank account of GCA in a non-existingperson’s name," the ED official said. Earlier, Economic Offences Branch of Goa Police hadarrested Desai, Phadke and Mulla on charges of forgingsignatures to open a bank account and withdrawing crores ofrupees. PTI RPS KRK RCBPTP