The allegations extend to the misuse of over Rs. 500-600 Crores allocated over the past ten years by the BCCI

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An urgent plea has been submitted to authorities calling for a comprehensive investigation into ongoing allegations of corruption, financial irregularities, and criminal activities within the Hyderabad Cricket Association (HCA) by the Telangana Cricket Association (TCA). The complaint highlights a decade-long pattern of misconduct involving prominent political figures and officials associated with HCA.

The complainant alleges that key individuals, including A. Jagan Mohan Rao, along with influential politicians like K. Kavitha MLC, KT Rama Rao MLA, and Vanka Pratap, former Director of HCA, have conspired to divert public funds, manipulate player selections, and facilitate fraudulent activities. The submission includes forensic audit reports from both 2017 and 2023, as well as supporting evidence such as videos, court orders, and financial documents.

The allegations extend to the misuse of over Rs. 500-600 Crores allocated over the past ten years by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), which purportedly has not yielded concrete infrastructure or developmental projects in Hyderabad. Instead, funds are claimed to have been diverted into private assets and personal gains of office bearers. The documents suggest an environment conducive to corruption, forgery, and favouritism, all under the cloak of official authority.

Specific accusations involve illegal signing of development cheques, unauthorized bank transactions, 

forging documents to secure backdoor entry into the association, blackmail, black marketing of IPL tickets, and favouritism in player selections. Notably, recent court orders and news clips highlight these issues, with some court-appointed reports detailing favouritism and manipulation in selections overseen by Vanka Pratap, who remains a suspended member of HCA.

Further, the investigation points out the influence exerted by political leaders behind the scenes, notably K. Kavitha and KT Rama Rao, who are accused of using cricket as a power tool and influencing decisions related to IPL ticket sales, vendor contracts, and infrastructure projects. The report also implicates family members and political allies involved in these illicit activities.

The complaint advocates for a renewed, transparent investigation into the period from 2019 to 2022, during which several office bearers faced allegations of financial misconduct, including FIRs lodged by previous administrators. It stresses that the current environment at HCA has been heavily compromised by manipulative players working to sustain corruption and profit through illegal means.

The authorities are urged to take strict action against all involved parties, ensuring justice and the integrity of cricket governance in Hyderabad. The case represents a serious challenge to the transparency and accountability of cricket administration in the region, with calls for vigilance and legal accountability to foster fair play and developmental progress in the sport.

TCA District Committees have submitted a complaint to the Police Heads of the various Districts in Khammam, Warangal, Adilabad and Mahbubnagar on July 14. The Complaints are about the HCA misusing the Funds on the name of District Cricket Development for the last 20 years. HCA claiming in its annual accounts every year that the have given Rs. 20 lakh towards cricket development, but the forensic audit conducted by E&Y has identified that there is no evidence of such funds being spent in the Districts , hence the then high court appointed committee as well as both the Supreme Court appointed committees have recommends that the culprits behind the funds misuse have to be investigated and punished, but all those recommendations are also ignored and bypassed by HCA by every elected body that has run HCA so far.

Hence, 4 Districts TCA units have submitted a criminal complaint on respective HCA related clubs with district names and will submit similar complaints on rest of the district named clubs tomorrow. TCA has demanded for appropriate criminal action on all the clubs who have siphoned off the publicly accountable funds meant for uplifting the downtrodden and rural Cricketers in Telangana State.

ED attaches Rs 51.29 lakh in HCA fund misuse case

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has uncovered that Surender Agarwal, former Vice President and Treasurer of the Hyderabad Cricket Association (HCA), and his family members received Rs 90.86 lakh as illegal proceeds from suppliers of cricket balls, bucket chairs, and gym equipment to HCA.

The probe, launched under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), 2002, followed multiple FIRs filed by the HCA. These FIRs alleged misappropriation of funds meant for the construction of the Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium in Uppal, Hyderabad, as well as irregularities in procurement contracts.

The ED found that HCA officials awarded inflated contracts to M/s Sara Sports, M/s Excellent Enterprises, and M/s Body Drench India Pvt. Ltd. The illicit profits, considered Proceeds of Crime (POC), were funneled back to Agarwal and his family.

Sara Sports transferred Rs 17 lakh—disguised as payments for event sponsorship—into accounts linked to Agarwal’s wife’s firm, KB Jewellers, and his son Akshit Agarwal. Similarly, Excellent Enterprises transferred Rs 21.86 lakh to Akshit and KB Jewellers, under the guise of loans and diamond purchases.

Body Drench India Pvt. Ltd. also routed Rs 52 lakh to Agarwal, his daughter-in-law, and KB Jewellers under similar false pretenses.

Cash withdrawals from Excellent Enterprises were also handed to Agarwal as quid pro quo for awarding overpriced contracts.

The investigation highlights a pattern of money laundering and fund misuse involving top HCA officials and vendors.