Raj Kundra believes he has been wronged

Raj Kundra has been suspended for life

The Justice RM Lodha committee delivered a landmark judgment on corruption in the Indian Premier League (IPL). Part of its judgment was suspending Raj Kundra from any cricketing activity related to BCCI for the rest of his life. The committee was appointed by the Honorable Supreme Court of India to investigate the 2013 spot-fixing and betting allegations.

Kundra, former co-owner of Rajasthan Royals (RR) said he had been ‘wronged’.

"Today is a very depressing and sad day for me as my integrity has been questioned and my support in this investigation seems to have backfired," Kundra was quoted saying by rediff.com.

Apart from Kundra, former Chennai Super Kings team principal and the son-in-law of ICC chairman Narayanswami Srinivasan, Gurunath Meiyappan, has also been suspended for life from any activity related to cricket.

"While I have great respect for the Hon'ble Supreme Court and the judicial system, unfortunately in this case I cannot but feel that I have been wronged. I would request that they share the evidence that they have against me, so that I can at least have knowledge of the basis on which they have destroyed my hard-earned reputation. I have anyway washed my hands off cricket in India.

"I have always assisted and helped the Mudgal committee from day one till now. It's disheartening that despite there being no evidence whatsoever against me, I was still deemed to be guilty. I have not received till date a copy of their final report in which sweeping conclusions were recorded against me," he told the website. The Mudgal Committee (headed by High Court Justice Mudgal) was appointed to independently look into the scandal and the allegations.

Kundra believes that no evidence was found against him and it’s unfair for the team above all as they have been banned for two years. 

"Even the fact that neither the Delhi police nor Rajasthan police found any actionable case against me (for the obvious reasons that there was no evidence or material against me) has been used to make insinuations regarding my guilt for an act I never did.

"I also find it very unfair that the full team, the other owners, the management team, the players and the fans of RR have been so harshly treated due to the alleged actions of one. However, I am just a minority stakeholder of 11.7%," he added.

The judgment has been appreciated much by the people of the country and has been received favorably.