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KOLKATA : Former president of Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), Jagmohan Dalmiya has written to the Board that copy of the receipts/vouchers against which payments were made under various heads from the PILCOM account be made available to him.

In his letter to the BCCI, Dalmiya has said that he needs a copy of these documents to reply to the second show-cause notice slapped on him by the Board. Dalmiya, who has been suspended for six months by the Board for not being able to satisfactorily explain various queries pertaining to the PILCOM accounts, has been issued a second show-cause notice by the BCCI "for unusually high" expenses shown in the PILCOM account.

Dalmiya has also been asked to explain certain payments from the PILCOM account at Indian Overseas Bank’s Bhowanipore branch in Kolkata that are strictly not related to the 1996 World Cup. Among other things Dalmiya needs to explain why a total of Rs 1.61 crore was transferred from the IOB account to CAB between 1996 and 2001.

Dalmiya, who was the lone cheque-signing authority of this account, also made cash withdrawals totalling Rs 1.59 crore for which there are no vouchers.

BCCI sources acknowledged receipt of Dalmiya’s letter, but reacted positively to it. "We are surprised that he doesn’t have the original receipts even though he authorised those payments. He can easily obtain the same from the bank, but, on our part, we will certainly send him copies of the vouchers etc. so that he can explain in detail all the expenses," said a senior BCCI functionary.

Dalmiya who was given 21 days to reply to the second show-cause notice, therefore, would get more time now. "We are in no hurry. It is important for everybody concerned that the mystery over the PILCOM accounts is solved. No one is better-placed than him (Dalmiya) to clear the air," the BCCI official added.

Dalmiya, who being questioned by by the Economic Offences Wing of Mumbai police for alleged misappropriation of PILCOM funds, recently got anticipatory bail from the Bombay High Court.

BCCI is likely to challenge the high court verdict in the Supreme Court. http://cricket.indiatimes.com/articleshow/1500710.cms