BCCI moves to stop leaks to Aditya Verma

The BCCI is looking at investigating whether any of its member units' representatives have been feeding data to the board's opponents over the course of their prolonged court battle regarding the IPL corruption scandal.

The possible move was discussed in detail on the sidelines of Tuesday's working committee meeting in Chennai. It is understood that the idea was floated by an office-bearer during a dinner on Monday and was discussed threadbare by the time the 25 representatives who attended the meeting dispersed from Chennai.

The BCCI regime strongly suspects that some of its members have been passing on confidential documents and information to Aditya Verma, the secretary of Cricket Association of Bihar, whose petition against the BCCI kicked off a lengthy legal fight. It is understood that the ruling dispensation suspects two former BCCI presidents who no longer hold a post in their respective state associations have been working as the informers for Verma.

An internal probe, likely to be headed by secretary Sanjay Patel or treasurer Anirudh Chaudhry, is set to examine if it can find a trace of confidential information having been passed to outsiders. If found guilty, the BCCI will initiate disciplinary proceedings with the offenders.

Verma's petition in the Bombay High Court in June 2013 against BCCI's inaction against Gurunath Meiyappan has led to a fierce court battle. As a result, despite having taken charge as the ICC chairman, N Srinivasan has been sidelined as the BCCI chief.