BCCI ethics officer finds Rupa Gurunath guilty of conflict of interest

The BCCI ethics officer Justice DK Jain has found Rupa Gurunath - the president of Tamil Nadu Cricket Association - guilty of conflict of interest and has asked the Board to take appropriate steps.

Rupa Gurunath took charge as the TNCA president in 2019.

The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI)'s ethics officer Justice DK Jain has found Rupa Gurunath - the president of Tamil Nadu Cricket Association - guilty of conflict of interest and has asked the Board to take appropriate steps.

Following a plea by Sanjeev Gupta in November last year, Jain issued an order on Thursday stating that Rupa holds two positions - president of TNCA and one of the directors of India Cements, which runs the Chennai Super Kings Cricket Limited.

According to the order - a copy of which is in possession of 

Sportstar  -  Rupa "has at least indirect (if not direct) interest in CSKCL, which has entered into an agreement/ contract with the BCCI, thus, attracting one of the forms of conflict of interest”.

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As per the order, Rupa, , the first woman president of a BCCI affiliated unit, has to relinquish one of the posts.

P.S. Raman - appearing on behalf of Rupa in the hearings - maintained that she is in no way related to CSKCL, but the ethics officer said in his order that the CSKCL is a subsidiary of the India Cements Limited - and its operates from same premises - and that it accounts to conflict, even if she does not hold any posts.