CAG constitutes team to audit AIFF, instructed by top authority to go deep into details

Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) on Wednesday constituted a team to conduct an audit of the All India Football Federation (AIFF) for the last four financial years for alleged financial irregularities. The AIFF, though, insisted that it has not received any "special letter" from CAG in recent times and said submission of its audited financial statements is a "normal thing" which is done from time to time. "CAG has constituted a team today to audit AIFF's record of last four financial years and there is an instruction from the higher authorities to the special team to go deep into the details and carry out a thorough investigation," a Indian football source aware of the development said.

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In what could be a dubious first in Indian sports, the allegations of financial irregularities in the All India Football Federation (AIFF) has reached the doorstep of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG), with the Ministry of Youth and Sports Affairs approving an audit of the country's

Reacting to a report that the Sports Ministry has approved an audit of the apex football body after the special cell of the CAG allegedly found financial irregularities in the AIFF, a federation official said it has been submitting a copy of its audited financial statements to the CAG. "First thing is, the federation has not received any special letter from CAG recently on audit of the AIFF financial statements for the last four financial years -- 2017-18 to 2020-21. This is a normal thing and not a one-off issue," the federation official said. The AIFF has been facing the heat of late, largely because of the delay in conducting its elections, pending since more than a year despite