Sandeep Sarkar, Kolkata: He is known to be close to Sourav Gangopadhyay in Maidan. Allegations of involvement in conflict of interest were raised against Town Club owner and CAB Apex Council member Surjit Lahiri. A lawyer named Pranjal Pal complained. The ethics officer of CAB called both parties for a hearing on this. Calcutta High CourtFormer Justice Jyotirmoy Bhattacharya. Both the complainant and the accused have been summoned to the CAB for a hearing on Saturday, June 13, at 7:30 p.m. The copy of the letter is in the hands of ABP Live Bangla.

However, it has been alleged that the hearing was being neglected. Lawyer Pranjal Pal questioned how Surjit could be associated with the Purulia Novas Royals team in the Bengal T20 League despite being a member of the CAB Apex Council. Surjeet said after hearing the complaint, he will accept whatever the ethics officer says.

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The fact is, the two parties were first called on June 20 for the hearing. A similar letter is also given. Although the Bengal T20 league ends on June 21. The final of the tournament that day. It is reported that the complainant Pranjal Pal was surprised to see that he was called for the hearing the day before. Because his complaint is mainly about the association of CAB’s Apex Council member with the franchise-based tournament, holding the hearing on the day before the end of the tournament would mean it would be ‘meaningless’, the complainant feared.

According to reliable sources, lawyer Pranjal again sent a letter to CAB about this. After that, the governing body of Bengal cricket sat in a quandary. In a new letter, it was informed that the hearing was brought forward on the request of the complainant, not on June 20. The ethics officer will hear the views of both sides on June 13 at 7:30 pm.

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Advocate Pranjal Pal had written to CAB’s Ethics Officer, former Justice Jyotirmoy Bhattacharya, alleging conflict of interest against Surjeet Lahiri. Demanded that Surjeet be immediately dismissed from the Apex Council, fined and banned from cricketing activities.

Surjit told ABP Live Bangla after hearing the complaint, ‘If the ethics officer calls me, I will listen to what he says. I will accept what he decides. If I join a cricket team, it is for the sake of cricket. Not for any other reason. I have no financial agreement with Purulia team. I am involved only as an advisor because they requested.’