BCCI treasurer expenses `1.71 cr, secretary Amitabh bill is `1.56 cr

New Delhi, Aug. 16: The Committee of Administrators on Wednesday published full expenditures of the BCCI office-bearers in their fifth status report where acting secretary Amitabh Choudhary and treasurer Aniruddh Chaudhary’s expenses touch `1.56 crore and `1.71 crore respectively.

It must be mentioned in this regard that former secretary Ajay Shirke, who was removed by Supreme Court did not claim a single penny from the BCCI unlike all other office bearers.

However, the two principal office-bearers — Amitabh and Aniruddh’s expenditures has grabbed the eyeballs of all.

The COA has given the entire break up in its status report and the expenses under various heads which includes air-fare, TA/DA, accommodation, allowance to name a few.

The period of expenditure covers financial year (FY) 2015-16, 2016-17 and April to June 2017 (current FY).

According to the break-up provided, former IPS officer and current acting secretary Amitabh, who hails from Ranchi, collected a whopping `65 lakh on air tickets (exact figure `65,04,124) and `42.25 lakh as TA/DA from the BCCI.

Add to it, Amitabh also received `29 lakh (exact `29,54,068) in foreign exchanges as and when he represented BCCI at international forums.

His expenses for stay (hotel or otherwise) have been `13.51 lakh (`13,51,061) while office expenses have been `3.93 lakh. He also received an additional `1.31 lakh (`1,31,421). The total amount for the two financial years and the current year (till June) amounts to `1,56,01,993 (`1.56 crore approximately).

However treasurer Aniruddh, known to be former BCCI president N. Srinivasan confidante, has beaten the secretary hands down in terms of expenditure from board’s coffers.

The treasurer’s air ticket bills during the aforementioned period is `60,29 lakh (`60,29,210) and TA/DA is a whopping `75 lakh (Rs 75, 07,553).

Aniruddh was paid ` 17.64 lakh (`17,64,966) in foreign exchange while stay charges (accommodation) were `11 lakh approximately.

Former president Anurag Thakur or current acting president C.K. Khanna have spent significantly less. Thakur’s expenditure before his ouster was `24 lakh while Khanna during this phase has spent `6.52 lakh