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Sindh High Court seeks Kaneria's bank account details

PTI

The Sindh High Court has called for banned 

leg-spinner Danish Kaneria's bank statement in connection with fines 

imposed on him on spot-fixing charges.

 

.The SHC's decision to ask for the bank account details of Kaneria 

came after a petition filed by the England and Wales Cricket Board 

(ECB) for recovery of costs of the spot-fixing trial between 2012-2014.

     The ECB is seeking attachment of the 35-year-old's property 

valuations to recover the 249,000 pound fine imposed on him.

 

The SHC bench, headed by Justice Muhammad Junaid Ghaffar, directed 

the Habib Bank limited branch to give details of Kaneria's accounts 

at the next hearing.

 

The ECB filed a petition in the SHC last August through a local 

lawyer, seeking recovery of costs and fines against the leg-spinner 

who is serving the life ban since 2012.

 

     The disciplinary and anti-corruption tribunal of the ECB imposed 

the life ban on Kaneria in June, 2012 after finding him guilty of 

attempting to spot fix matches of the Essex county team in 2009.

 

The panel had also imposed a fine of 100,000 pounds on Kaneria, 

who subsequently lost two appeals against the life ban and fine.

 "I don't know what they want now. I am already financially in 

a bad state and have spent all my hard earned money on the legal 

costs for fighting this case to clear my name," Kaneria said.