It is a violation of the sports act to engage in a business related to a sport while holding a top sport position.

The ex-official has got the names of other persons publicized as owners of the institution in question in order to mislead the authorities.

Based in Colombo, this institution has supplied cheap cricket goods imported from Pakistan, while claiming them to be high quality ones brought from England.

The bills for these goods run into millions of rupees.

There is also suspicion that T-shirts, bottoms etc. for use by the players too, had been bought with the ex-official’s involvement.