da wazamba： The Goa Cricket Association (GCA) secretary Vinod Phadke, wanted bypolice for his alleged involvement in the fake ticket scam during thefifth one-day international between India and Australia, on Thursdaysurrendered before the judicial magistrate
Staff and Agencies08-Jun-2001* GCA secretary surrenders before judicial magistrate, gets bailThe Goa Cricket Association (GCA) secretary Vinod Phadke, wanted bypolice for his alleged involvement in the fake ticket scam during thefifth one-day international between India and Australia, on Thursdaysurrendered before the judicial magistrate of Margao and was grantedbail. Phadke was released on a bail of Rs one lakh and two sureties oflike amount on conditions includang that he make himself available tothe investigating officer as and when required, DIG Karnal Singh said.GCA president and former deputy chief minister Dayanand Narvekar,treasurer Ramnath Shankar Das and Phadke have been called forinterrogation at Margao tomorrow as the police santed someclarifications and more details of some events, Singh said adding eventhough the custodial enquiries were not possible, the police would getto the truth.Das was arrested immediately after the episode was reported and is nowon bail. Narvekar was granted bail yesterday. But both Narvekar andPhadke did not cooperate with the police and from time to time filedbail applications before different courts, and finally got the bailfrom the Goa bench of the Mumbai High Court for a month. The judicialmagistrate of Margao has now given bail to Narvekar and Phadke for twomonths or till the chargesheet is filed, whichever is earlier.* ACA conduct workshop cum seminerA workshop cum seminer was organised for coaches by the Assam CricketAcademy under the aegis of the Assam Cricket Association last week atthe office of the Assam Football Association at the Nehru stadium inGuwahati. The workshop was opened by Sudhendu Paul, vice-president,ACA and the welcome address was given by Nandan Bezbaruah, secretary,ACA.Totally, 54 coaches from different districts of Assam attended theworkshop, displaying keen interest. Apart from theoretical lectures,practical demonstrations, technical aspects of cricket coaching andaudio-vidio clippings on coaching were presented for the benefit ofthe coaches. Another interesting topic was that on sports injuries.Dr. Dipankar Bhattacherjee spoke in detail about how a player could beprevented from possible injuries.The workshop was conducted by head coach of the proposed Assam CricketAcademy, Kamal Das and associates Manoj Bhagawati and Mukut Das.